Ryan, Cameron Spark Cougars To Pac-10 Split

College baseball

Rob Ryan and Ken Cameron each drove home two runs as Washington State, behind Kyle Kawabata’s complete game, downed host Portland State 8-4 Saturday to salvage a split with the Vikings in a Pacific-10 Conference North doubleheader Saturday.

The Cougars (10-8 Pac-10 North, 19-23 overall) broke a 4-4 tie by scoring four runs in the last three innings. Vikings (10-7, 16-26) starter Jerry McMullen, who worked into the seventh inning, took the loss.

In the opener, Greg Wooten went the distance, with Cougars starter Robert Ramsay taking the loss. Jared Clifford and Todd Belitz finished up for WSU in the seventh inning.

The split kept the Vikings one-half game ahead of WSU in the Pac-10 standings, while league leader Washington, with two wins over Oregon State Saturday, is one game ahead of PSU and 1 1/2 games in front of WSU.

Portland St. 3-4, Washington St. 2-8

WSU 000 000 2 - 2 6 1 Portland St. 002 000 1 - 3 5 1

Ramsay, Clifford (7), Belitz (7) and Kinkade, Hamik (7). Wooten and Burkeen. W-Wooten (7-3). L-Ramsay (3-2). HR-Washington St., Hamik (1). T-1:55.

WSU 000 040 112 - 8 11 2 Portland St. 000 400 000 - 4 11 2

Kawabata and Hamik. McMullen, Henderickson (7), Talavs (9) and Burkeen, Oulman (9). W-Kawabata (8-2). L-McMullen (5-5). T-2:46.

Washington 5-1, Oregon State 3-0

Washington took over first place in the Pac-10 North by sweeping Oregon State at Seattle.

Junior All-American Brett Merick earned saves in both games to give him nine on the year and 30 for his career. That mark broke the Pac-10 North record of 29 saves, held by Portland State’s Tony Prentice.

The Huskies (11-6, 17-22) are a game ahead of Portland State.

Oregon State fell to 6-10, 16-18-1.

Oregon St. 201 000 0 - 3 2 1 Washington 220 010 X - 5 10 1

Beard, Maewicz (5), Jackson (6) and Schmidt; Campbell, Merrick (7) and Sweeney. W-Campebell (4-6). L-Beard (2-6) S-Merrick (8). T-2:04.

Oregon St. 000 000 000 - 0 4 2 Washington 000 001 000 - 1 5 0

Hooker and Schmidt; Carpenter, Smith (7), Merrick (9) and Mahle. W-Carpenter (2-2). L-Hooker (3-2). T-1:58.

Portland 7-3, Gonzaga 6-4

Gonzaga scored two runs in the top of the eighth inning to defeat the University of Portland in the second game of a Pac-10 North doubleheader at Portland.

Portland (7-10, 17-19) won the seven-inning first game.

GU (8-11, 22-21) scored the tying and go-ahead runs in game two off a two-run single from Matt Brunnell, who was 3 for 5 at the plate with three RBIs. Brunnell went 6 for 9 in the doubleheader.

Gonzaga 003 201 0 - 6 11 2 Portland 101 311 x - 7 12 3

J. Wong, Birkland (5) and Norton. Mickel and Chastain. W-Mickel (5-3). L-Birkland (0-3). HR-Gonzaga, Masterson (5). T-1:50.

Gonzaga 010 001 020 - 4 9 1 Portland 000 102 000 - 3 8 2

Cleland, C. Wong (6) and Norton. Martin and Chastain. W-C. Wong (3-3). L-Martin (1-4). T-2:30.

Linfield 8-15, Whitworth 7-5

Linfield (4-4, 15-8-1) swept Whitworth (4-4, 12-12-1) in a doubleheader.

Don O’Neal hit a grad-slam in each game, but the Pirates couldn’t stop the Wildcats.

In game two, Larry Brown hit for the cycle and collected five hits to lead Linfield’s blowout.

Linfield 8-15, Whitworth 7-5 Linfield 102 100 4 - 8 9 1 Whitworth 120 400 0 - 7 9 0

Traux and Baumholtz; Radach, Wark (7) and Schuerman. W-Traux (4-1). L-Radach (2-2). HR-Allard, O’ Neal.

Linfield 003 141 330 - 15 16 0 Whitworth 000 140 000 - 5 9 3

McDonald, Deemer (9) and Baumholtz; Wark, McDougal (4), Stevens (6), Koder (8) and Fukai, Schuerman (9). W-McDonald (3-3). L-Wark (2-5).

Columbia Basin 6-3, CC Spokane 5-19

At Columbia Basin College, the Spokane Sasquatch split with CBC in an NWAACC East Region game.

In moving its record to 11-4, 13-7, the Sasquatch took advantage of 17 walked batters in the second game, in which R.B. McCord went 3 for 4 at the plate with four RBIs.

CCS 310 001 0 - 5 9 0 Columbia Basin 200 040 x - 6 6 0

Sivumaki, Kimball (5) and Mathews. Rusko, Linzbach (6) and Harrison. W-Rusko. L-Sivumaki (2-2). S-Linzbach.

CCS 350 211 7 - 19 12 3 Columbia Basin 102 000 0 - 3 9 2

Zimmerman and Mathews. Markel, Harrison (2), Liskey (3), Dewispalere (6) and Barker. W-Zimmerman (5-0). L-Markel (0-1).

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