Vikings Rally To Upend Cougars

College baseball

Portland State scored eight runs in the seventh inning to come from behind and defeat visiting Washington State 13-9 in a Pac-10 North Division game at Portland on Friday.

Graham Schetzsle’s triple and Rick Southall’s ninth home run each drove in two runs during the outburst.

Mark Burke had a run-scoring double in the seventh and a two-run homer in the eighth for the Vikings.

The Vikings trailed 9-2 prior to taking a 10-9 lead in the seventh to make a winner of Jesse Darling, who entered the game in the sixth.

Washington State starter Todd Meldahl, a freshman left-hander, limited the Vikings to two runs and six hits through the first six innings. But five consecutive hits by the Vikings keyed the decisive rally.

Casey Kelley, Jesse Hoorelbeke and Justin Mentink homered for Washington State as the Cougars scored five runs in the first four innings and led 5-0.

The victory was the first in conference play for Portland State. PSU is 1-7 in the Pac-10 and 8-29 overall. Washington State fell to 1-8 in the conference and 5-32 for the season.

PSU 13, WSU 9

WSU 021 203 100 - 9 14 0

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Meldahl, Wheeler (7), Glaze (8) and Hairston. Oyler, Darling (6) and Boslar, Andrade. W-Darling (1-1); L-Wheeler (1-7).

HITS-WSU: Stevenson 2, Randall, Hattenburg 2, Curran 2, Hoorelbeke 2, Mentink 2, Kelley 2, Hairston. PSUKeith 3, Schetzsle 2, Burke 3, Southall 2, Case 2, Avery 2, Manoukian, Marbut 2. 2B-Hoorelbeke, Burke, Southall. 3B-Hattenburg, Schetzsle, Case. HR-Hoorelbeke (5), Mentink (3), Kelley (3), Burke (5), Southall (9).

Santa Clara 11, Gonzaga 3

Tobin Lanzetta struck out a career-high 13 batters in eight innings to lead the Broncos to a West Coast Conference victory at Santa Clara, Calif.

Gonzaga scored three unearned runs in the third inning to take a 3-0 lead, but Santa Clara responded with two in the third and five in the fourth.

Santa Clara is 10-3 in the WCC, 21-16 overall. Gonzaga falls to 3-10, 15-21-1.

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Santa Clara 002 520 11x -11 12 3

Adams, Sazama (4), Zimmerman (4), Newton (7) and Asan, Doolittle (7). Lanzetta, McDonald (9) and Chiaffredo. W-Lanzetta (3-3). L-Adams (1-4). HITS Gonzaga: Prince (2), Hare (2), Miller, Asan. Santa Clara: Hughes, Mott, Frank (2), Chiaffredo (2), Fairbairn, Cota (2), Frankel (2), Fuqua. 2B-Prince, Chiaffredo.

Big Bend 11, Spokane 1

Community Colleges of Spokane managed 10 hits but just one run in a NWAACC game in Spokane.

Big Bend 002 212 041 - 11 14 0

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Tupek and Duncan; Higgins, Daling (6), Click (8) and Zarfas. W-Tupek. L-Higgins.

HITS: BBCC-Williams, Brown 2, Cheff 2, Nashlenas 2, Desimones, Moshimatsu, Duncan 3, Skaug 2. CCSHare 2, Flohr 3, Zarfas, Davis 2, Penney, Vandemark. 2B-Flohr, Denney. 3B-Nashlenas.

Ricks 7-13, North Idaho 6-15

North Idaho 101 202 0 - 6 9 1

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Hawkins, Packard (6) and Dorame; Herlehy, Grochy (6) and Boyle. W- Herlehy. L- Hawkins (2-3). Sv- Grochy.

HITS: NIC-Penner 2, Bevacqua 2, Novach, Dorame, Lynch, Larson. Ricks- Hall 3, Wallace, Pond, Hatch 2, Cluff, Miller. 2B- Bevacqua, Lynch, Hall, Wallace, Pond. 3B- Larson, Hall, Novach. HR- Dorame.

North Idaho 041 222 202 - 15 18 5

Ricks 031 300 060 - 13 11 3

Pizzoferrato, Peterson (8), Anstien (8), Packard (9) and Pendall; Kidman, Luke (6), Templeton (8) and Boyle. W- Anstien (2-2). L- Templeton. Sv- Packard (2).

HITS: NIC-Bevacqua 2, Wilson 3, Bay 3, Novach 2, Pendle 3, Lynch 2, Larson 2, Nelson 3. Ricks- Miller 2, Hall 4, Wallace, Pond, Hatch, Cluff, Boyle 2. 2B- Hall, Hatch, Cluff, Boyle, Novach, Pendle, Larson. HR- Miller, Hall, Wallace, Pond, Bay 2, Novach, Nelson.

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