Decker Helps To Deck Nic In Visiting Vikings’ Sweep

College baseball

Dave Decker homered in the opener and had a run-scoring single during a three-run second in the nightcap as visiting Ricks swept North Idaho College 11-4, 5-4 in a Region 18 doubleheader Friday.

The Vikings’ Jeff Quinton also homered in the first game to support Curtis Wilson, who pitched a five-hitter. The Cardinals’ Joel Gorham had two of the hits, a single and double.

Gorham’s two-run double in the first gave NIC an early lead in the nightcap, but Ricks stormed back on a walk and three “seeing-eye” singles. NIC rapped out 11 other hits, but all singles, and ended with the bases loaded.

Ricks 11-5, NIC 4-4

Ricks 231 140 0 - 11 13 2

NIC 000 301 0 - 4 5 0

C.Wilson and Campbell; Tarasoff, Decele (5) and Anderson, Guenter (6). W - C.Wilson. L - Tarasoff.

HITS: Ricks - Holtman 2, Decker 3, Cluff, Ormond 2, Quinton, Smith 2, Haguewood, Campbell. NIC P.Wilson, Gorham 2, Bartell, Nelson. 2B-Nelson, Gorham, Holtman, Decker, Cluff, Ormand, Smith. HR-Decker, Quinton.

Ricks 030 200 000 - 5 7 0

NIC 200 020 000 - 4 12 1

Lindsey, Fergusen (6), Jensen (9) and Campbell; Anstine, Packard (9) and Guenter. W - Lindsey. L - Anstine. S - Jensen.

HITS: Ricks - Cluff 2, Haguewood 2, C.Wilson, Bell, Quinton. NIC P.Wilson 2, Gorham 2, Tarasoff 2, Bartell 2, Guenter, Nelson 3. 2B-Gorham, Quinton.

Portland St. 7, Washington St. 5

Graham Schetzlse scored the winning run in the eighth by jarring the ball from catcher Jason Hairston as the Vikings (9-19, 1-0) beat the visiting Cougars (11-21, 0-1) in a Pacific-10 Conference North opener.

Schetzsle scored from second on a pinch-hit single to left field by Tyler Sabatke. Cabe Jones singled home the tying run prior to Sabatke’s hit, then later scored on a passed ball.

WSU’s Jerred Fowler was 3 for 4, including a two-run homer in the sixth.

Paco Garcia (2-2) struck out 10 and walked none for the win. Dave Wheeler (0-1), who entered in the eighth, took the loss.

WSU 000 002 030 - 5 9 1

Portland St. 000 000 34x - 7 7 1

Ramsay, Muehlbauer (7), Vezzetti (8), Wheeler (8) and Hairston; Garcia, Young (8), Smith (8) and Case. W-Smith (2-2). L-Wheeler (0-1).

HR-Fowler (3)

Washington 9, Oregon St. 8

Ryan Bundy’s two-out single in the ninth scored Ryan Soules as the Huskies (12-17, 1-0) beat the visiting Beavers (16-7-1, 0-1) in the Pac-10 North for their fourth consecutive win.

Soules’ two-out double tied the game at 8 after the Beavers went ahead with a five-run ninth.

OSU 001 101 005 - 8 11 2

Washington 100 050 003 - 9 15 3

Lovinger, Newell (9), Jackson (9), Boire (9) and Schmidt; Kringen, Morrison (9) and Bundy. W-Morrison (2-0). L-Newell (1-2).

2B-Hageman, Leone, Miller, Soules 2.

CCS baseball

An extended road swing into the Valley of the Sun late last month didn’t exactly brighten CCS’ fortunes.

In fact, Sasquatch coach Hal DeBerry is convinced many of his team’s problems - which included an eight-game losing streak that was snapped on Friday - can be traced back to the Arizona desert, where CCS played six games in as many days.

The trip started promisingly with wins over Pratt (Kan.) and Dartmouth, but ended with four consecutive losses. Since returning home, the Sasquatch have dropped four of five NWACC games and find themselves in the unfamiliar role of East Region cellar-dwellers.

“I told my team the other day that 14 days ago we were a pretty good team,” DeBerry said. “But we’ve been struggling a little bit lately.

“We played some pretty good competition down in Phoenix and we got in a little bit of a slump. Then, when we got back, we seemed a little bit tired coming off the road.”

CC Spokane 4, Columbia Basin 1

Tim Hackman (1-0) struck out seven and Trevor Davis drove in two runs as the Sasquatch (5-9, 1-4) beat the visiting Hawks (7-8, 3-2).

Hackman, a freshman, walked three and scattered five singles and one double in nine innings. Davis’ one-out single in CCS’ three-run fifth scored Andy Sage, who led off with a single.

CBC 000 100 000 - 1 6 1

Spokane 100 030 00x - 4 7 2

Boyd and Harrison; Hackman and Zarfas. W - Hackman (1-0). L - Boyd.

HITS: Columbia Basin - Cobb 2, Smith 2, Becker 2. CCS Sage 2, Melsness, Davis 2, VandeMark, Sandnes. 2B-Becker.

Linfield 4-3, Whitworth 3-0

Brian Barnett’s two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the seventh gave Linfield (5-0) a win in the opener of a Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges sweep over visiting Whitworth at McMinnville, Ore.

Bryan Pashley (4-2) won the nightcap, throwing his second consecutive shutout and setting a school record with 18 straight scoreless innings.

Chris Fukai hit a solo homer in the opener for the Pirates (10-7, 2-3).

Whitworth 120 000 0 - 3 10 2

Linfield 100 010 2 - 4 6 2

Two outs when winning run scored.

McDougal and Schuerman; Deemer, Roupp (3) and Musser. W-Roupp. L-McDougal (1-1).

HITS: Whitworth - Swan 2, Crandall, Peterson 2, Brown, Fukai 2, Sundet 2. Linfield - Lucas 2, Powell, Barnett, Hollabaugh, Musser. 2B-Lucas, Powell. HR-Fukai (1).

Whitworth 000 000 000 - 0 5 1

Linfield 000 000 30x - 3 8 1

Fleming and Schuerman; Pashley and Hockman. W-Pashley. L-Fleming (3-1).

HITS: Whitworth - Crandall 2, Peterson, Turner, Fischer. Linfield - Lucas, Powell, Menold 2, Marquart, Rohr 2, Hockman. 2B-Powell.

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