AppleSox down RiverHawks, 8-3

Elliott Cribby pitched six solid innings Saturday to lead the Wenatchee AppleSox to an 8-3 win over the visiting Spokane RiverHawks in Pacific International League baseball.

Cribby (Columbia Basin College) handed an 8-2 lead to relievers Michael Friedman and Josh Hill. Gonzaga University’s Jason Hill caught the whole game for the AppleSox (6-1, 3-1).

Tyler French pitched 4 2/3 innings and took the loss for the RiverHawks (2-3, 2-3).

Spokane’s Nolan Massie finished 3 for 5 with two runs batted in. B.J. DuBarry added two hits for the RiverHawks, giving him six hits during the first two games of the series.

The series will wrap up this afternoon.

•The Baltimore Orioles announced the signing of right-handed pitcher Bryce Chamberlin of Washington State University.

Chamberlin was assigned to the short-season Class A Aberdeen (Md.) Ironbirds of the New York-Penn League. Chamberlin, a junior from Okanogan, finished 8-3 this season with a 5.34 earned-run average and 66 strikeouts in 62 1/3 innings.

Football

Fired Washington football coach Rick Neuheisel has told the NCAA infractions committee that he relied on advice from the school’s former compliance officer when he gambled in two high-stakes NCAA basketball tournament pools.

“We made our point strongly that Rick Neuheisel was consistent with NCAA policy,” attorney Bob Sulkin said in a telephone interview with the Associated Press.

The committee heard responses from UW officials and Neuheisel during a daylong hearing Friday in Indianapolis. No decision is expected for five to seven weeks.

The NCAA has accused Washington of lack of institutional control in the case that opened when Neuheisel admitted betting more than $11,000 in neighborhood auction-style pools on NCAA basketball tournaments.

— From staff and wire reports