It was not a normal Monday for the LCC Red Devil baseball team.
 
With rainy weather forecast for the rest of the week, the Devils went on the road Monday to make up two previously rained out games.  It was a two stop, two city road trip.
 
The day began with an 8-0 victory over the Pierce Raiders at Mount Tahoma High School. 
 
Yancy Bird and Jared Akin combined on a four-hit shutout.  Bird got the victory going five innings allowing just three hits with seven strikeouts. Akin was superb in relief, going four frames allowing just one base hit.
 
GJ Hurst had two big hits to lead the LCC offense.  Hurst had an RBI double in the 4^th inning and then blew open the game with a two run single in the 7^th, part of a four run inning for the Devils.
 
Kyle Sandstrom went 3 for 5 at the plate.  JT Strickler capped off the run scoring with a two-run double in the 8^th.
 
Sam Trend-Beacom had two RBI's on a pair of sacrifice flies.
 
Following the win over Pierce, the Devils got back on the bus and headed south for a 5 pm game at the Centralia Blazers.
 
Down 2-1, the Devils took the fifth. Big time.
 
LCC scored nine runs and hit three homers in the fateful 5^th inning, scoring nine runs in the frame. Lower Columbia won the mercy rule shortened game 13-2 when they plated three more runs in the top of the 7^th.
 
Sandstrom, Blayze Arcano and Ricky Muzzy each hit homers in the big 5^th inning uprising.  The Devils were inspired after a physical play at the plate got both teams excited around the home area.  The Devils then unleashed.
 
After a rough second inning where the Blazers scored two runs off him, Red Devil starter Justin Solt settled down and went six innings to get the victory.
 
Sandstrom was 3 for 4 with a homer and three RBI's.  Arcano was 3 for 4 with a homer, triple and five RBI's.  Muzzy went 2 for 4 with a homer and two RBI's.   Drew Barlow had two hits including a double and two runs batted in.
 
The Red Devils finish up the single game portion of the West Region schedule with a 4-1 record.  The four game series begin on Saturday with LCC at Tacoma in a  1 pm twinbill.  The teams will then come to Longview for a 1 pm double header on Sunday.