Cougars Win By Hair, On Hairston’s Double

Sophomore catcher Jason Hairston’s double off the left center field wall scored Jim Horner with the winning run Wednesday as Washington State edged Lewis-Clark State 2-1 in 12 innings in a non-conference baseball game at Pullman.

Hairston’s double, which nearly cleared the fence, followed a leadoff walk to Horner and a hit batter that moved Horner to second base.

Jered Fowler (1-0), the seventh WSU pitcher, picked up the win as the Cougars (11-20) earned their third straight victory heading into Friday’s Pac-10 North opener at Portland State, the first game of a four-game series.

Fowler worked the final two innings, allowing three hits. Jon Zumwalt started for WSU and worked the first three innings. Mike Megee (0-1), who pitched the final four innings for the Warriors (20-8), took the loss in relief of starter Matt Foran. Foran was brilliant after allowing Jon Fischer’s RBI single in the first.

Cougars pitchers walked nine batters, but the defense made up for the walks by turning three double plays and playing errorless ball.

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Foran, Megee (8) and Wilson; Zumwalt, Glaze (4), Grutz (6), Wheeler (7), Muehlbauer (8), Vezzettii (9), Fowler (11) and Hairston. W-Fowler (1-0). L-Megee (0-1).

HITS: LCSC Rodriquez 2, Habig, Baeza, Kies, Campbell, Fike, Jackson. WSU Wetmore, Ryan, Fischer 2, Hairston 2, Fowler, Hamik, Solomon. 2B-Hairston.

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Goalkeeper Spencer Jewell stopped seven shots in regulation and visiting North Central (6-3, 2-1) won a shootout to edge Gonzaga Prep 1-0 in the day’s top Greater Spokane League match. NC won the shootout 4-3.

Prep (7-2, 1-1), which has been scored on just twice this year, had three shots hit the post in the second half. NC managed just one shot on goal during the final 60 minutes of regulation, but sealed the shootout victory with Cody Smith’s goal.

NC’s win left just one unbeaten team in league - Mead (7-1, 2-0), which edged visiting Ferris 1-0. Mead scored early in the second half when J.J. Klaus sent an indirect free kick to the top of the penalty box. Keeper Tommy Servine of Ferris (3-5, 1-2) came out for the ball, but Ben Brodsky beat him to it and headed in the goal.

Mead’s Ryan Spidahl and Nick Stucky starred defensively.

At Shadle, Ryan Vane scored twice in the first half, the second goal coming on a free kick, and freshman Jake Person set up Peter Raber for a late goal as the Highlanders (4-4, 2-1) beat Central Valley (3-6, 1-2) 3-0.

At Hart Field, Aaron Sweatt, the Tigers’ leading scorer last year, tallied his first two goals of the season to lead Lewis and Clark (3-5, 2-1) over Rogers 6-0. Sweatt also hit the post twice. The Pirates (0-9, 0-3) missed two early scoring chances.

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Joe Walters’ third hit, a seventh-inning, RBI double, completed a rally as visiting Shadle Park (3-0) beat Central Valley 3-2 in a makeup game.

The Bears (1-2) led 2-0 until the sixth inning on an RBI single by Raif Jochim and a run-scoring double by Nate Lynch.

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