GSL baseball lead a three-team race

Down to the wire

Teams are jockeying for position as the current Greater Spokane League baseball season enters its final five games.

The 4A portion of the GSL is now a 3-team race for the two district playoff byes among Mead (13-1), University (12-2) and Ferris (13-3). The Panthers finish against Gonzaga Prep, which moved past Central Valley into fourth place, the Titans Friday and Tuesday and end the season against the Saxons next week. U-Hi’s other foes are Lewis and Clark and North Central; Ferris plays CV and Mt. Spokane.

District begins May 7 with the league’s Nos. 3-through-6 finishers facing off in loser-out games. Remaining teams finish up at Gonzaga Prep. Rogers has a two-game lead over Shadle Park and Lewis and Clark for the sixth berth and finishes against NC and Gonzaga.

Today North Central is at Mt. Spokane for the second of two games between 3A teams hoping to finish as No. 1 seed and earn a spot into the double-elimination portion of the regional tournament. This year all three GSL 3A teams will be involved against five from the Columbia Basin League. And three teams from the regional advance to state.

•Monday night West Valley’s bid to lock up the Great Northern League was at least temporarily delayed when Pullman scored three times in the sixth inning to salvage a double-header split at home. The Eagles had 26 hits (to the Greyhounds’ 13) in the twin bill, winning 13-2, but losing 9-8. They host second-place Cheney for two on Friday.