Benard drives in five to lead Flames' Senior Legion win

Isaac Benard went 3-for-4 with five RBIs, but Matt True allowed just two runs over six innings as the Hanford Flames beat the Tri-County Outlaws 9-2 on Monday in a Central Washington League Senior Legion game at Waits Field.

“We had a young kid pitching, and he came up awesome,” Flames coach Nat Roe said of the 15-year-old True. “Matt did a heck of a job pitching against a team of mostly 19-year-olds.”

Finn McMichael and Ryan Colson added two hits and two runs apiece for Hanford.

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Sisco Nunez, Tyson Del Silva (5), Nick Demos (7) and John Couture; Matt True, Brady Heid (7) and Anthony Porcaro. Highlights—Jeremy Holden (TC) 3x4; Finn McMichael (H) 2x4, 2R; Ryan Colson (H) 2x4, 2R; Isaac Benard (H) 3x4, HR, 5 RBI; Colin Serkowski (H) 2 RBI.

Bandits 3, Bruins 1: Trenton Nutt allowed one run and struck out seven batters over six innings, and Cody Sturdifant and Jordan Dawson combined for three scoreless innings to lift Kennewick to a Junior Legion win over Walla Walla at Southridge High School.

Kyle Harvey led the Bandits offense, going 2-for-4 with a run and a stolen base. Kennewick was also solid on defense, turning three double plays on an errorless day.

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Kimball and Daniel, Weatilo (5); Trenton Nutt, Cody Sturdifant (7), Jordan Dawson (8) and Charlie Landefield. Highlights—Nutt (K) 7 Ks; Kyle Harvey (K) 2x4, R, SB; Gray (WW) 3x4; Kimball (WW) CG, 8 Ks.

Father’s Day Classic: The Richland Knights took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second, but fell behind after Onotok — a Senior Legion team from Alberta, Canada — scored five runs in the next two innings en route to the win Sunday in Nampa, Idaho.

Marcus Sparks led the Knights (15-6, 7-1 CWL), going 2-for-3 with a double and a triple.

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Cody Follett, Carson Miller (6) and Colin Doyle; Upton, Sinclair (5) and Guntrip. Highlights—Wirtzberger (R) 2R; Chad Miller (R) RBI, R; Marcus Sparks (R) 2x3, 2B, 3B; Kyle Brunson (R) RBI.

This story was originally published June 17, 2013 at 11:45 PM with the headline "Benard drives in five to lead Flames' Senior Legion win."