Cascade Collegiate Conference recap for March 30

Lewis-Clark State and Oregon Tech split a double-header, and the College of Idaho swept a double-header against Corban.

Bulla Ephan

Lewis-Clark State 7, Oregon Tech 6 at Lewiston, ID. This game was close all the way, and the Hustlin’ Owls took a 6-4 lead in the fifth inning with a three-run home run by Tyler Horner. The Warriors made it a one-run game in the bottom of the sixth when courtesy runner Alex Sol scored when Anthony Karagiannopoulos reached on a fielder’s choice. They got the winning run in the bottom of the seventh on a two-RBI double by Bulla Ephan.

Zak Sullivan got the win in relief. He took the mound in the fifth inning, pitched 3 1/3 innings, allowed no runs on two hits, struck out one, walked three. Zachary Ediger pitched a perfect ninth inning, got a save. Drake Aboud got the loss. Ephan finished 3-for-3 with a home run, two doubles, and four RBI. Matthew Ortiz and Ka’ala Tam both went 3-for-5 with a double for the Owls, and Tam had two RBI. box score

Oregon Tech 11, Lewis-Clark State 6. The Hustlin’ Owls led 5-3 after four innings. The Warriors took a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the fifth with a two-run home run by Charlie Updegrave and Abe Affholter getting an RBI for reaching on an error. The Owls tied it on an RBI single by Korrey Siracusa in the top of the sixth, then took the lead for good with three runs in the top of the seventh. Logan Macy hit an RBI single for the winning run, then Ka’ala Tam added a two-RBI single. Tam scored a run on a throwing error in the top of the ninth, and Patrick Barry got an RBI on a bunt single to complete the scoring.

Noah Loew got the win in relief. He pitched the fifth and sixth innings, allowed one unearned run on two hits, struck out one. He was relieved by Bronson Chapple, who pitched the final three innings, and played a major role in this win. He retired every batter he faced, and struck out three of them. This was his second appearance of the season; the first one was yesterday. Levi Anderson, who was charged with the three seventh-inning runs, got the loss.

The Owls had no extra-base hits. Tyler Horner went-3-for-5 with two runs scored. Macy had one hit, a sacrifice fly, and three RBI. Tam went 2-for-5. Jack Sheward went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run. box score recap from L-C State recap from Oregon Tech

This series was split with two games apiece.

Dawson Cummins – photo by Brad Lapp

College of Idaho 10, Corban 0 at Caldwell, ID. Halted by the run rule after seven innings. Connor Olsen hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth to give the Coyotes a 5-0 lead. Ben Gaff hit an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh to make it 9-0, then scored on a passed ball to give the Coyotes the ten-run margin. Dawson Cummins went the distance for the two-hit shutout, struck out five, threw 104 pitches. The Warriors never got a runner to second base.

Olsen finished 2-for-3 with four RBI and a walk. box score

College of Idaho 6, Corban 3. The Warriors got two runs in the top of the first on a two-RBI double by Isaac Bateman, and got only one run the rest of the way. The Coyotes answered with three runs in the bottom of the first inning. Two of them came on a single by Jack Ingraham, who then scored on a single by Darren Smith. The winning run came on a solo home run by Smith in the bottom of the third, and Chandler Stocking and Ben Gaff added sacrifice flies.

All three of the Warriors’ runs came at the expense of starter Jackson Cummins, who pitched 4 2/3 innings, allowed seven hits, struck out six. He was relieved by Zaylor Bruegeman, who retired all seven batters he faced. Kaden Lapp and Grant Jakobson each pitched one-hit innings. Warrior starter Sam Greenhalgh got the loss. Jace Mahlke was the only Coyote with two hits. Joshua Miyazawa went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored for the Warriors. box score recap

College of Idaho won the series three games to one.

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