Legion Ball

Sunday's youth baseball roundup

Matthew Oldham tossed six innings of shutout ball, and Ethan Sanders picked up the save with two strikeouts in the seventh, as the Southridge Bandits defeated Eastlake 1-0 in the championship of the Eastlake Baseball Tournament on Sunday.

Oldham had five strikeouts. The Bandits scored their one run in the top of the seventh as Jashaun Simon had a leadoff double, moved to third on an error after two outs, then scored on a balk.

Southridge beat Ellensburg 9-1 on Saturday, as Tate Spivey had a 2-run triple, and Bryce Grigg and Bryton DeVore each had two hits. Trenton Nett pitched six innings and struck out five.

The Kennewick Dusters finished third, losing 9-4 to Eastlake in the semifinals.

Mikey Jones struck out four in 5 innings pitched for Kennewick.

BOMBER BOWL: The Richland Knights AA won their own Bomber Bowl Tournament, holding off the Hermiston Spuds 10-9 in the title game at Richland High School.

Griffey March gave the Knights a 10-7 lead in the top of the seventh inning with a two-run single. He finished the game 3-for-4 with a double and scored three times.

In the bottom of the seventh, the Spuds scored twice to pull within 10-9, and had the bases loaded with two outs before Richland’s Hunter French struck out a Hermiston batter to end the game.

Lakota Wills was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI for the Knights, who finished the tournament 6-0.

In the semifinals, the Knights beat the Hanford Flames AA 6-3.

Garrett Guffey threw a complete game with 10 strikeouts and just two walks for the Knights. Marcus Sparks was 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles, Jason Webb went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs, and Austin Haughton was 2-for-2.

For Hanford, Trevor Hammitt went 4-for-4.

Little League 10s: Outfielder Mason Howes threw out the tying run at home plate to save Richland National’s win over Greater Richland in a loser-out contest at the District Little League tournament for 10s at West Valley of Yakima on Friday night.

Tyler Bilodeau was 2-for-3 for Richland National, and Nate Gray and Jacob Bilodeau combined for a 6-hitter.

Richland National plays again at 4 p.m. today.

This story was originally published June 29, 2014 at 11:13 PM with the headline "Sunday's youth baseball roundup."

Get one year of unlimited digital access for $159.99
#ReadLocal

Only 44¢ per day

SUBSCRIBE NOW