2A/1A Baseball: Warriors Hold Off Late Elma Rally

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ELMA — Rochester took a 10-4 lead into the bottom of the seventh, then held on for a 10-8 win over Elma in Evergreen 2A/1A League action here Tuesday.

Chase Lenzi hit a two-out two-RBI double in the top of the sixth for the Warriors. Rochester and Elma entered the sixth frame level at three, but Rochester scored three times in the inning to take the lead.

Aaron Huff was 2 for 5 with two RBIs and a run scored for the Warriors, and Bradden Schneider was 2 for 5 with two runs scored.

Brandon Rogers started the game at pitcher before ceding the mound to Ethan Warden in the seventh. Rogers struck out nine Elma batters and walked one.

“Brandon has done a phenomenal job all year for us keeping us in ball games,” Rochester coach Brad Quarnstrom said. “He did what he’s done for us all year long, and this time the team was able to back him up.”

The Warriors outhit the Eagles 11-8.

Elma’s Karson Legg finished 3 for 4 with two RBIs. Tristan Robinette hit two triples in the game for Elma.

Rochester (4-14, 4-9 in EvCo) play at home tomorrow versus River Ridge.

Tenino Falls to Hoquiam



TENINO — Tenino’s Kaleb Strawn and Hoquiam’s Skylar Jump battled it out on the mound here on Tuesday, with the Grizzlies edging the Beavers 4-2 in eight innings in an Evergreen 2A/1A League battle.

Jump pitched seven innings, giving up three hits and one run and striking out 13. Strawn, a senior, pitched seven innings, allowing just one run and one hit and striking out 14 on senior night in Tenino.

“It was a great pitcher's duel,” Tenino coach Conner Hogue said. “It was Kaleb’s best outing. He’s a senior pitcher who improved every year. He worked hard in the offseason and I wish we could have got him a win. With Kaleb throwing like that, I’d take us against anybody, but it didn’t work out in our favor.”

Hoquiam took the lead in the top of the sixth inning on a squeeze bunt that brought home a run. Tenino answered with a run in the bottom of the inning, scoring on a dropped third strike.

In the eighth, Hoquiam had a three-run home run to retake the lead. Tenino tried to comeback in the bottom of the inning, scoring a run on fielder’s choice, but didn’t have enough left to tie the game.

“We’re just one play away, one pitch away, if we can get that out and not make that error, but we haven’t gotten over the hump yet,” Hogue said. “Honestly, I feel we can go toe to toe with anybody. In close league games, those are the ones against good teams we haven’t been able to pull out.”

Spencer Brewer was 2 for 4 at the plate for Tenino, and Coulson Chambers had a hit and the run in the sixth inning to tie the game.

Tenino (9-10, 6-7 league) looks to even things up with Hoquiam on the road on Thursday.