Csi Rides Gillette To Win Over Nic

Gillette made certain that College of Southern Idaho didn’t have a close shave on Saturday.

Chris Gillette went 4 for 5, with three runs batted in and three runs scored, to lead CSI to an 8-4 Region 18 baseball win over visiting North Idaho College at Twin Falls.

The Golden Eagles reached starter Shelby Hawkins (1-2) for five runs in the first two innings. Ryan Guenter of the Cardinals hit a solo homer, his first of the year, during a three-run fourth. NIC’s Jason Bartell had three singles.

CSI 8, NIC 4

NIC 000 300 010 - 4 11 2

CSI 320 021 00x - 8 12 2

Hawkins, Packard (7) and Guenter; Bond, Lingrove (8) and Forbash. W - Bond. L - Hawkins (1-2).

HITS: NIC Wilson, Guenter, Bartell 3, Nelson, Shock 2, Novak. CSI Starbuck, Gillette 4, Schow 3, Florence 2, Tibbs 2. 2B-Wilson, Novak. HR-Guenter (1).

GU 14-6, St. Mary’s 6-4

Jason Uberuaga smashed two-run homers in the fifth and sixth as the Bulldogs (17-23, 5-14) swept the visiting Gaels (11-28, 6-13) in a West Coast Conference doubleheader at August/ A.R.T. Stadium.

In the opener Tory Wulf’s first homer of the year, leading off the sixth, broke a 4-all tie for the Zags .

Uberuaga has hit three homers this weekend and six on the year. GU’s Scott Asan hit his first career homer in the sixth of the opener.

The Bulldogs played without regular shortstop Kevin Workman, whose grandfather died early Saturday morning. The four-game series ends with a single game at 1 p.m. today. GU has won the first three.

St. Mary’s 010 030 0 - 4 4 1

Gonzaga 020 022 x - 6 7 2

Port, Palma (6) and Pearson; Birkland and Canny, Asan (6). W-Birkland (4-4). L-Porter (1-3).

HITS: SMC Waugh, Cohan, Fisher, Pearson. GU - Knight, Pearsall, Wong, Wulf 2, Hare 2. 2B-Fisher, Wulf. HR-Cohan (2), Wulf (1).

St. Mary’s 000 111 102 - 6 11 4

Gonzaga 200 137 01x - 14 18 2

Lenhart, Rosenbaum (6) and Kermode; Bennett, Siwek (6) and Asan, Canny (8). W-Bennett (3-2). L-Lenhart (0-7). S-Siwek (3).

HITS: SMC Fuller 2, Weekley, Whiley, Cohan 3, Fisher 2, Wright, Kermode. GU - Bowne 2, Hare 2, Wong 3, Kern, Uberuaga 2, Knight 2, Asan 2, Canny, Doolittle, Hunt 2. 2B-Cohan, Fisher, Hare, Hunt, Kern, Knight, Wong 2. HR- Asan (1), Uberuaga 2 (6).

WSU 6-10, Oregon State 3-7

Jason Hairston’s grand slam in the first game and a run-scoring bunt by Rob Ryan in the nightcap led the Cougars (20-30, 7-8) to a Pacific-10 Conference North sweep over the visiting Beavers (24-13-1, 7-8).

Hairston’s homer in the third - his eighth of the year - made a winner of Robert Ramsay (2-6), who struck out nine in pitching the seven-inning opener. Greg Muehlbauer (2-1), in relief of starter Ryan Post, threw 5-1/3 innings for the game-two win, WSU’s third straight over OSU.

Mark Bowman’s third homer of the year, a two-run shot in the first, helped the Cougs to a quick start in the second game.

OSU 101 010 0 - 3 7 0

WSU 004 020 x - 6 5 1

Gunderson, Masewicz (5), Figueras (5), Boire (5), Tuck (6) and Edwards; Ramsay and Hamik. W-Ramsay (2-6). L-Gunderson (1-1).

HITS: OSU Vermillion, Hilts, McDonald 2, Hageman, Leone, Lipe. WSU Fowler, Hairston 2, Hamik, Kaleikilo. HR- Hairston (8).

OSU 023 000 020 - 7 10 1

WSU 200 040 13x - 10 11 2

Checketts, Figueras (8), Boire (8) and Schmidt; Post, Muehlbauer (3), Fowler (9) and Hairston. W-Muehlbauer (2-1). L-Checketts (5-2). S-Fowler (4).

HITS: OSU Lipe, Wakeland 3, Schmidt, Hageman 4, Stranburg. WSU Wetmore, Ryan 2, Bowman 2, Hamik, Horner, Fischer 2, Fowler, Vigeland. 2B-Fischer, Fowler, Wetmore. HR-Schmidt (10), Wakeland (8), Bowman (3).

UW 8-8, Portland State 3-7

Kevin Miller hit a homer to lead off the 14th in the nightcap, giving the visiting Huskies (22-22, 11-4) a Pac-10 North sweep over the Vikings (13-29, 5-10).

Chris Magruder’s two triples, two RBIs and three runs led Washington in the first game.

Washington 140 210 0 - 8 7 1

Portland St. 100 100 1 - 3 7 1

Smith, Morrison (7) and Shewey; Norberg, Cortese (2) and King, Case (3). W-Smith (4-2). L-Norberg (2-6). S-Morrison (5). HR-PSU, Harrell (3).

UW 200 000 400 010 01 - 8 15 3

PSU 201 012 000 010 00 - 7 16 4

Fowler, Harris (6), Hannah (10), Morrison (10) and Shewey; Garcia, Smith (11) and Case. W-Morrison (3-0). L-Smith (3-3). HR-UW, Miller (5), Soules (5), Anderson (1).

Whitworth 5-4, Pacific 1-0

Ryan Stevens (3-3) threw a three-hit shutout and Alex Schuerman hit his fourth homer of the year as the Pirates (14-13, 4-7) completed a Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges sweep of the visiting Boxers (12-13, 4-9).

In the opener, Yoshito Ezaki’s two-run double guided a four-run fourth and Ryan Swan homered in the fifth to support Jason McDougal (3-3) as Whitworth snapped a five-game losing streak.

Pacific 000 001 0 - 1 6 0

Whitwrth 000 410 x - 5 6 1

Lower, Taura (6) and Andrews; McDougal and Schuerman. W-McDougal (3-3). L-Lower (1-1).

HITS: Pacific - Berent, Caldwell, Keil 2, Potter, Thornton. Whitworth - Swan 2, Schuerman, Fukai, Crandall, Ezaki. 2B-Keil 2, Ezaki. HR-Swan (1).

Pacific 000 000 000 - 0 3 2

Whitwrth 001 011 01x - 4 8 2

Kimura and Andrews; Stevens and Schuerman. W-Stevens (3-3). L-Kimura (1-3).

HITS: Pacific - LeBreton, Andrews, Hubka. Whitworth - Swan 2, Schuerman 2, Peterson, Fukai, Johnson, Wendt, Sundet. 2B-Andrews, Fukai, Johnson, Sundet. HR- Schuerman (4).

CCS 8-5, Wenatchee 7-8

Pinch-runner Brent Gillispe scored on a two-out error in the bottom of the seventh as the Sasquatch (12-12, 8-7) beat the visiting Knights in the first game of an NWAACC doubleheader at Spokane Falls CC.

Wenatchee won the closing game with a three-run 10th, highlighted by a two-run single from Shadle Park High grad Brett Corigliano.

Trevor Davis of the Sasquatch tied a school single-season record with his 14th double. Chad Ripke, Jason Francek and Andy Sage had two RBIs apiece for CCS in the opener.

Wenatchee 104 011 0 -7 8 4

CCS 015 001 1 -8 8 3

Kuhen, Yale (7) and Rosenbach; Hackman, Caponigro (4), Rice (6) and Zarfas. W-Rice (2-4). L-Kuhen.

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