Cascade Collegiate Conference recap for February 25

Lewis-Clark State and College of Idaho split their series, as did Western Oregon and Oregon Tech, and Eastern Oregon and Corban.

Lewis-Clark State 11, College of Idaho 2. A big offensive day for Brandon Cabrera, Jack Sheward, and some others, but the big story here is Warrior starter Hiroyuki Yamada (from Nagoya, Japan, transfer from Mt. Hood CC), who got his first start, went six innings, allowed only two hits, no earned runs, didn’t walk a batter, and struck out eight. He gave up both of the Coyotes’ runs in the first inning, and the two relievers, Brady Maylett and Zachary Ediger, held the Coyotes scoreless the rest of the way.

The Warriors got one run in each of the first four innings, starting with a home run by Cabrera, followed by an RBI single for Ike George. They put it away with five runs in the top of the sixth. It started with Carter Booth scoring on an error after a single by George. Pu’ukani De Sa hit a sacrifice fly, Dominic Signorelli was hit by a pitch to score a run, then Sheward hit a two-RBI double. Signorelli added a home run in the eighth inning.

Cabrera finished 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, and two RBI. Sheward went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI. Jacob Lewis got the loss. The series was split two games apiece. recap

First game: Western Oregon 14, Oregon Tech 2. This one was halted by the mercy rule after seven innings. The Wolves opened the scoring with five runs in the top of the third inning, with a two-RBI single by John Oleson, a two-RBI triple by Curran Mitzel, and an RBI single by A.J. Cortese. Mitzel added a three-run home run in the fourth. The Wolves completed the scoring with four runs in the top of the sixth, on another RBI triple by Mitzel, an RBI single by Owen Bischoff, an RBI single by Tyler Mohler, and a sacrifice fly by Zach Valdez.
Arturo Alvarez went the distance for the Wolves, allowed one earned run on five hits, struck out three. Isaac Hill got the loss. Mitzel finished 4-for-5 with a home run, two triples, and six RBI.

Second game: Western Oregon 11, Oregon Tech 9. The Wolves led 6-4 after three innings. They scored five runs in the top of the third when Owen Bischoff hit a triple and scored on a throwing error, Tyler Mohler was hit by a pitch, Spencer Six hit a two-RBI single, and Mohler scored on a wild pitch. There was no further scoring until the seventh inning, when each team scored three runs; the Wolves on an RBI single by Six and a two-RBI triple by Emiliano Alarcon, and the Hustlin’ Owls on an RBI single by Matthew Ortiz, and a two-RBI single by Matthew Lehrbach. The Owls made it a one-run game in the bottom of the eighth with a sacrifice fly by Ortiz. However, the Wolves got two more in the top of the ninth with an RBI single by Curran Mitzel and Stultz getting hit by a pitch, and the Wolves led 11-8 going into the bottom of the ninth. Julien Jones led off with a home run, but Wolves reliever Devin Bell struck out the next three batters to preserve the win.

Six finished 3-for-3 with three RBI for the Wolves. Starter Jacob Memmott got the win, and Bell got a save. Lehrbach went 3-for-4 with a double and four RBI for the Owls. Cody Dubray got the loss.

First game: Corban 21, Eastern Oregon 3. The Warriors led 11-1 after three innings, 17-1 after four innings, and 21-2 after five innings. Brad Pellkofer went 3-for-3 with a home run, a double, and seven RBI. Ryan Clay went 3-for-4 with two doubles, five RBI, and four runs scored. Avery Williamson went the distance (reduced to seven innings by the mercy rule), allowed three runs on five hits, struck out seven.

Second game: Corban 15, Eastern Oregon 10. The Warriors also led this one all the way; 9-1 after four innings, 13-1 going into the bottom of the seventh. The Mountaineers avoided getting mercy-ruled again by scoring four runs on the bottom of the seventh with a grand slam home run by Tommy Whiles. They added one in the bottom of the eighth, and made the final score respectable by scoring four more in the bottom of the ninth, including a home run by Easton Lasich. Hayden Wilson and Ryan Clay hit home runs in the first inning, Nainoa Ka’ahanui and Nathaniel Gutierrez hit home runs in the third, and Gutierrez hit another one in the sixth. Wilson finished 3-for-4 with four RBI. Starter Aidan Bray got the win, pitched six innings, allowed one run on six hits. Zakaia Michaels got the loss. recap from Eastern Oregon site recap from Corban site

Records:

(no conference games have been played yet)