Legion Baseball: Boites Powers I-5 Past Black Hills

Adrian Boites’ was feeling it at the plate on Wednesday, collecting three hits, including the go-ahead home run in the sixth to help I-5 Toyota/Mountain Dew to a 6-5 win over Black Hills at Ed Wheeler Field in Centralia.

Boites hit two triples, and had a solo homer in the sixth to score the game-winning run. Dakota Hawkins had two hits, including a double, and Nole Wollan added two hits.

Brandon White started on the mound and pitched six innings, striking out eight batters while allowing six hits and three earned runs in the win. Hawkins came on and struck out two in the seventh to earn the save.

I-5 Toyota/Mountain Dew faces the Governors on Monday at 6:30 p.m., with the location either at Black Hills High School or St. Martin’s University.

Tuesday’s Results

RBI Achieves Perfection Against Steve’s

RAYMOND — RBI’s Black Wichert threw a perfect game in the first half of a doubleheader as RBI swept Steve’s Auto Repair in summer baseball action here on Tuesday.

The Dirtbags took Game 1, 14-0, behind Wichert’s perfecto. Anthony Clevenger was 3 for 3 with three runs and Dawson Carr was 2 for 3 with a double and two runs for RBI.

“We just jumped on them early and kept pouring it on,” RBI coach Jordan Nailon said. “We kept the guys in the dugout quiet and not talking about the perfect game going on. It was a great defensive game, and Blake really just shoved it on them.”

Wichert had five strikeouts in the no-hitter.

Game 2 was more of the same, as the Dirtbags won 13-1 in five innings. Austin Cantrell and Skylar Towns combined for eight strikeouts while allowing just one run on one hit.

Tanner Catlin was 2 for 3 with a walk, Erik Titus was 2 for 2 with two runs and Tyler Cook had a hit, a walk and two runs.

Last weekend was an outstanding weekend for the Dirtbags, as they won the Aaron Foote Memorial Tournament held at Olympic Stadium in Hoquiam.

RBI defeated Ocosta 5-3 in their opener on Saturday, and took down Grays Harbor 3-1 in the nightcap. The Dirtbags defeated Grays Harbor again in the semifinals, 4-3, and finished off the tournament with an 11-5 win in the championship game.

“It was the first time we had a lot of these guys together,” Nailon said. “It was apparent our culture is taking hold. Everybody was up to their usual tricks in the dugout, letting the fun take care of itself and the winning follow suit.”

Renegades Fall to Montesano

MONTESANO — One bad inning was too much for the I-5 Jeep Renegades to overcome here Tuesday in a 7-5 loss to Montesano in American Legion baseball action.

The Chehalis club fell behind 5-1 after a five-run fourth inning by its hosts, and only managed three hits in the loss with four errors while leaving nine runners on base.

“There was not a lot of execution tonight,” Chehalis coach Cody Ray said. “We just didn’t show up ready to play, and it definitely showed.”

The Renegades (1-1 league) host Elma on Thursday.