Eighth-Inning Homer Lifts Lmu Past Gonzaga, 11-10

College baseball/softball

Kalalea Montgomery’s three-run homer in the top of the eighth inning Saturday broke a tie and visiting Loyola Marymount (18-30, 11-7) hung on to beat Gonzaga 11-10 in the first game of a West Coast Conference doubleheader at August/A.R.T. Stadium.

The second game was halted after one inning because of rain and will be resumed at 11:30 this morning with LMU batting in the top of the second. A regularly-scheduled nine-inning game will follow.

Jason Uberuaga of GU (13-22, 1-13) tied the game in the bottom of the seventh with a one-out, two-run homer to left off Paul Casillas (2-0), who eventually earned the win.

Trailing 11-8, the Bulldogs rallied in the ninth with two runs, but Donnie Murrell’s groundout ended the game with two Zags on base.

Loyola Marymount 11, GU 10

Loyola Mary 210 103 130 - 11 9 3

Gonzaga 011 202 202 - 10 14 1

Hueth, Casillas (6), Sugar (9) and Wilson; Bennett, Siwek (1), Adams (7) and Asan. W-Casillas (2-0). L-Adams (2-3). S-Sugar (3). HITS: LMU Hoopii, Fiore 2, Conlan 2, Montgomery, Veronda, Ohira 2. GU - Pearsall 2, Murrell, Hare, Wong 2, Wulf, Knight 4, Workman, Uberuaga 2. HR-Conlan (4), Montgomery (2), Murrell (3), Uberuaga (2), Wong (5).

Oregon State 4-6, WSU 3-2

Andrew Checketts (6-1) threw a complete game with 11 strikeouts to lead the Beavers (23-11-1, 6-5) over the visiting Cougars (15-29, 4-7) in the nightcap of a Pacific-10 Conference North sweep at Corvallis.

OSU won the opener 4-3 when Mike Leone hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh.

OSU has a 3-0 lead in the four-game series, which ends today.

WSU 000 210 0 - 3 5 0

OSU 010 000 3 - 4 3 2

Ramsay and Hamik; Pine, Masewicz (7) and Schmidt. W-Masewicz (2-1). L-Ramsay (1-6).

HITS: WSU Ryan, Horner, Hairston, Kaleikilo, Nordlund. OSU McDonald, Leone, Lipe. 2B-Horner, Lipe. HR-Leone (4).

WSU 100 000 010 - 2 7 3

OSU 101 010 03x - 6 9 6

Belitz and Hairston; Checketts and Schmidt. W-Checketts (6-1). L-Belitz (3-3).

HITS: WSU Wetmore 2, Ryan, Horner, Fowler, Bowman, Kaleikilo. OSU Vermillion, McDonald, Leone 2, Wakeland, Lipe, Schmidt 2, Hageman. 2B-Fowler, Vermillion, Wakeland.

UW 6-5, Portland State 5-4

Chris Magruder’s three-run homer in the fifth helped the Huskies (19-21, 8-3) to a win over the visiting Vikings (12-16, 4-7) in the opening game of a Pac-10 North doubleheader at Seattle.

Portland St. 310 000 1 - 5 6 0

Washington 011 031 x - 6 10 2

Burkeen, Smith (5) and King; Fowler, Harris (1), Kringen (6), Morrison (70 and Shewey. W-Harris (3-2). L-Burkeen (1-2). Sv-Morrison (4). HR-UW, Miller (4), Magruder (7).

Portland St. 000 000 400 - 4 8 1

Washington 020 020 001 - 5 12 1

Norberg, J.Smith (9) and Case; M.Smith, Kringen (7) and Bundy. W-Kringen (1-6). L-Norberg (2-5).

CCS 5, Columbia Basin 4

Adam Flohr (3-2) pitched a four-hitter and Trevor Davis had three RBIs with a single and double as the Sasquatch (6-6 NWC) beat the visiting Hawks at Spokane Falls CC. A scheduled second game was rained out.

Chris Melsness of CCS had a run-scoring double in the first and lofted a sacrifice fly in the second that proved to be the game-winner.

CBC 202 000 0 - 4 4 0

Spokane 230 000 x - 5 8 1

Bishop, Fast (4) and Harrison; Flohr and Zarfas. W-Flohr (3-2). L-Bishop.

HITS: Columbia Basin - Cobb, Smith, Plaistead, Markel. CC Spokane - Ripke 2, Melsness, Sage, Davis 2, Best, Francek. 2B-Melsness, Davis, Francek.

Whitworth at Lewis & Clark, ppd

The visiting Pirates’ Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges doubleheader at Portland was rained out. The teams will attempt a doubleheader today.

Fastpitch softball

Host Community Colleges of Spokane won its first three games at the nine-team NWAACC crossover tournament at Franklin Park.

The Sasquatch beat Skagit Valley 11-3, Pierce 9-0 and Walla Walla 10-8.

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