Portland State Overruns WSU

Area colleges

Portland State scored six times in the eighth inning Sunday to overcome a one-run lead and hand Washington State an 11-7 defeat in a Pac10 Conference North Division baseball game at Bailey Field in Pullman.

Jason Hendrickson (2-3), the third Vikings pitcher, picked up the win as PSU improved to 12-11 in league and 18-30 overall. For the Cougars (13-10, 23-25), the loss went to Mark Hendrickson (0-2).

WSU trails first-place Washington (13-9) by percentage points in the league standings. The Huskies lost a double-header to Oregon State, 2-1 and 9-2.

Portland State took advantage of a one-out, eighth-inning error by Washington State shortstop Mike Wetmore on the way to its decisive rally. Wayne Vezzetti relieved Mark Hendrickson but also failed to stop the PSU rally, giving up three consecutive hits before he was replaced by Todd Belitz.

Kyle Poffenroth pitched the first six innings for WSU. Hendrickson started the seventh.

WSU was led by Ken Cameron’s three hits. Rob Ryan had two.

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Wooten, Talavs (7), J.Hendrickson (7) and Oulman, Burkeen (7); Poffenroth, M.Hendrickson (7), Vezzetti (8), Belitz (8) and Kinkade. W-J.Hendrickson (2-3). L-M.Hendrickson (0-2).

HITS: Portland State-Dorey, Range 3, Post, Burgess, Burkeen, Nielsen, Oulman 2, Crowston. Washington State-Wetmore, Ryan 2, Cameron 3, Kinkade, Naumu, Kaleikilo, Solomon. 2B-Post, Range, Kaleikilo, Kinkade. 3B-Ryan. HR-Range (5), Wetmore (5). T-3:08. A-602.

Portland 6, Gonzaga 1 At Pecarovich Field, Brad Reitzenstein checked Gonzaga on six hits while striking out nine as the Pilots (10-13, 20-22) downed the Bulldogs (11-13, 25-23) in Pac-10 North play.

Chandler Martin collected three of Portland’s 14 hits. Catcher Dan Chastain contributed a double and a triple.

Gonzaga’s lone run came in the sixth inning when Carter Masterson led off with his sixth home run of the season to left field.

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Reitzenstein and Chastain; Cleland, C.Wong (9) and Norton. W-Reitzenstein (4-6). L-Cleland (6-3).

HITS: Portland-Martin 3, Simpson, Dennis 2, Chastain 2, Wicher, Travis, Smith 2, Flicker 2. Gonzaga-Brunell, Masterson, Norton, Hare, Jacobs, Hunt. 2B-Chastain. 3B-Chastain. HR- Masterson (6).

Whitworth 11, Whitman 4 Sean Peterson belted a pair of opposite-field home runs and drove in four runs to lead the Pirates past the visiting Missionaries at Merkel Field.

Lance Rickman went the distance on the mound, scattering 10 hits and raising his record to 4-1.

Whitworth smacked out 11 hits with a balanced attack that saw eight different players collect hits. Larry Turner had three of them.

The win improved Whitworth’s record to 7-5 in NCIC play. The Pirates are 16-14-1 overall.

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Hedrick, Ribellia (4), Ward (7) and Lockett; Rickman, McDougal (8) and Schuerman. W-Rickman. L-Hedrick.

HITS: Whitman-Stark 2, Ward 2, Tokada 2, Edwards, Ribellia, Maysey, Storey. Whitworth-Sundet, Turner 3, O’Neal, Schuerman, Fukai, Peterson 2, Mayer, Good. 2B-O’Neal, Fukai, Ward, Ribellia. HR-Peterson 2, Edwards.

Softball

Spokane 9-0, Highline 0-3 At Spokane Falls CC, CCS rode Juline Parry’s two-run homer and Deana Fountain’s two-hit pitching to a shutout triumph in the opener, but Highline bounced back with a shutout victory of its own for a split of an NWAACC doubleheader.

Julie Simonson scattered three hits for Highline in the nightcap.

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Butler and Lee; D.Fountain and J.Fountain. W-D.Fountain (10-3). L-Butler.

HITS: Highline-Tuatagaloa, Butler. Spokane-Coffield, Parry 3, Walls, J.Fountain 2, Fine. 2B-Coffield, J.Fountain. HR-Parry (3).

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Simonson and Lee; J.Fountain and Galeazzi. W-Simonson. L-J.Fountain (9-4).

HITS: Highline-Lee, Tuatagaloa, Moody, Fleckner 2. Spokane- Coffield, Parry, Fine.