Lewis-Clark Comes Up Big To Down Gonzaga, 9-7

Lewis-Clark State used a six-run second inning to put away Gonzaga, 9-7, in a non-conference baseball game at Pecarovich Field Tuesday.

The Warriors (34-8) used a threerun home run by Kelly Phair and a solo home run by Ethan Rodriguez in the second inning to pull away from the Bulldogs (19-16).

Rodriguez went 4 for 5 with 3 RBIs and the two home runs. Phair went 3 for 5 with 3 RBIs and the home run.

Warriors starter Matt Wagner ran his record to 7-0, going six innings, striking out four and giving up five hits, two runs and three walks.

Lewis-Clark State won the season series four games to two. Gonzaga will be at Washington State Wednesday for a 4 p.m. Pacific-10 Conference North doubleheader.

L-C State 9, Gonzaga 7

Lewis-Clark 062 100 000 - 9 17 2

Gonzaga 010 001 001 - 3 5 1

Wagner, Lee (7) and Wilson. Marx, Birkland (3), Caldwell (9) and Hare. WP - Wagner (7-0). LP -

Marx (1-1). SV - Lee (1).

LCSC- Inzunza 2, Walker 3, Wilson, Phair 3, Rodriguez 4, Vopata, McAninch 2, Pereria. GU - Masterson, Brunell, Morgan 2, Murrell.

2B - Wilson, Pereria, Masterson, Murrell. 3B - Morgan. HR - Phair (2), Rodriguez 2 (2). T - 2:12. A - 100.

Spokane 12-11, Blue Mountain 2-6

Spokane scored eleven runs in the fourth and fifth innings to beat visiting Blue Mountain College in a NWAACC game. Charlie Zimmerman scattered five hits and had two strikeouts and no walks, improving his record to 3-0.

In the second game, Spokane (6-1, 8-4) used 16 hits and a six-run first inning, capped by Jason Uberuaga’s grand slam. Uberuaga had six RBIs in the game including a double. Jason Mathews added a solo home run in the fourth inning for Spokane.

Blue Mnt. 002 00 - 2 5 2

Spokane 010 56 - 12 11 1

Lacey, Whipple (5), Howe (5) and Gray; Zimmerman and Mathews. W-Zimmerman (3-0). L-Lacey.

Blue Mountain-Lunney, Jacobson 3, Clark. Spokane- Ripke 2, Best, Uberuaga 2, Clark, Fischer 2, Melsness 3. 2B-Uberuaga, Melsness, Jacobson. 3B-Jacobson.

Blue Mtn. 100 001 103 - 6 12 2

Spokane 620 100 02x - 11 16 1

Lawhead, Green (1), Robinson (4), Gamble (6) and Walker, Sanders (8); Barnhart, Kimball (6), Cerenzia (7), Sorenson (8), Rice (9) and Mathews. W-Barnhart (2-1). L-Lawhead.

Blue Mountain-Parrish, Lunny, Jacobson 2, Stace 4, Sumner 2, Sanders 2. Spokane-Ripke 3, Best 2, Mathews 2, Uberuaga 3, McCord 2, Fischer 2, Walker, Melsness. 2B-Uberuaga, McCord, Fischer, Walker. 3B-Stace 2. HR- Uberuaga (1), Mathews (1), Lunny, Stace.

Softball

Spokane 13-14, Wenatchee 0-7

Spokane opened NWAACC play with a pair of wins over host Wenatchee Valley. Julie Fountain led the Sasquatch, going 3 for 3, including a first-inning triple which drove in two runs. Deanna Fountain struck out one and gave up six hits.

In the second game, the Sasquatch (2-0, 3-5), used a six-run third inning led by Amy Flaa’s three-run homer and single in the fourth inning driving in two runs. Tanya Palmer went 3 for 5 including a double, and scored two runs along with a RBI. Wenatchee is 5-5, 5-7

Spokane 422 05 - 13 12 1

WV 000 00 - 0 6 6

D.Fountain and J.Fountanin, Galeazzi (5); Dean and Rice. W-D.Fountain (2-3). L-Dean (1-2).

Spokane-Palmer, West, Coffield 2, Perry, Walls , J.Fountain 3, Morris, Fine, D.Fountain. Wenatchee Valley-Boykin 3, Kjarmo 2, Dean. 2B-Boykin, West, Walls. 3B-Coffield, J.Fountain.

Spokane 106 331 0 - 14 13 0

WV 202 210 0 - 7 10 4

J.Fountain and Galeazzi, Petty (7); Trotter, Dean (4) and Rice. W-J.Fountain (1-3). L-Trotter (4-5).

Spokane-Palmer 3, Santos, Johnson, Perry, Walls 2, J.Fountain, Flaa 2, D.Fountain, Fine. Wenatchee Valley-Trotter, Kjarmo, Engley 2, Rice 2, Dean, Ginnis, Demming, Hoefer. 2B-Kjarmo, Dean, Ginnis, Palmer, Walls. 3B-Engly. HR-Flaa (1).

AAU deadline

Entry deadline for the final weekend of the AAA Inland Empire Association Championships for basketball in Yakima is Thursday. The tournament will be held April 28-30 in the following divisions: Boys 11-Under, 12-U, 13-U, 14-U, 15-U, 16-U, 19-U and Girls 11-U, 12-U, 13-U, 14-U, 15-U, 16-U.

For more information and entry packets, please contact AAU House at (509) 453-2696 or fax a request to (509) 457-0931.