The Centralia College baseball team lost both of its games against Clark College on Saturday, but the Trailblazers were able to bounce back and salvage a split by taking both matchups on Sunday.
Clark won the two Saturday matchups 13-3 and 8-5, both in seven innings.
Jevin Patterson hit a solo shot in the first matchup, while Nolan Christ and Sam Matosich combined for five hits. Reuben Elliston drove in the other two Trailblazer runs.
In the second matchup, Mitchell Rowe hit a grand slam in the second inning to give CC a 4-1 lead, but the Penguins rallied back and pulled away in the late innings. Jack Skelley drove in CC’s other run.
Liam Karlson pitched a gem to help the Trailblazers take Game 3, as he allowed just two hits and one run while striking out eight in seven innings. Rowe and Isaiah Anzaldua tallied two hits and scored two runs each, and Skelley brought home another two to help CC take a 5-0 lead.
The Penguins got to the CC bullpen for four runs in the eighth, but Dillon Kirksey was able to shut the door in the ninth and preserve the lead.
In the series finale, Lincoln McVicker gave up an early run on the bump, but he was lights out after. He pitched a complete game, allowing just two hits and the lone run while striking out 13.
Chase Olsen had three hits and drove in two runs, while Rowe and Anzaldua combined for another three hits and three RBIs.
The Trailblazers (20-22, 11-9 NWAC) are in third place in the NWAC West heading into the final two weeks of the season, two games back of second-place Tacoma but three games ahead of fourth-place Pierce.
They’ll head to Clackamas for a doubleheader on Friday before taking on the Pacific University JV team in a doubleheader on Saturday.
Softball splits doubleheader against Chemeketa
The Centralia College softball team split a doubleheader at home against Chemeketa on Friday, walking off with a 3-2 win in Game 1 before dropping Game 2 3-0.
Sara Haury was the hero in Game 1, as her sacrifice fly was deep enough to allow Graci Bonney-Spradlin to score the winning run from third.
Haury finished with two RBIs, while Bonney-Spradlin finished 1 for 2 with a triple and two runs scored.
Ava Hernandez got the win in the circle, allowing just four hits and two runs while striking out four to help the Trailblazers snap their nine-game losing streak entering the day.
Haury and Bonney-Spradlin both added hits in Game 2, but the Trailblazers weren’t able to scratch across a run.
CC (11-22, 7-15 NWAC) will head to Clark College for a doubleheader on Friday before hosting a doubleheader against Clackamas on Saturday.
