The Lower Columbia baseball team stayed with it.
 
The Devils took two games from division rival Tacoma by scores of 6-1 and 3-2.  With the wins, LCC takes to the season series from the Titans 3-2.
 
In the first game Saturday, the Titans were hanging on to a 1-0 lead through five innings. Gavin Grant's RBI double off Yancy Bird accounted for all the scoring.  Bird was dominant.  He allowed five hits with 11 strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings.
 
Meanwhile Josh Vitus of Tacoma shutout the Devils through six innings. With the offense reeling, LCC exploded for four runs in the 7^th and two more in the 8^th to take the victory.  Trevor Paro's two-run single broke the ice and DeShawn Johnson followed it up with a two run single of his own.  LCC added two unearned runs in the 8^th.
 
Alex Brady got the save with two stellar innings of two-hit relief.
 
The Devils offense again faltered against Tacoma in the second game.  Sam Olsson hit a two-run homer in the first inning off Devil starter Kaden Vanderwerf.  LCC countered with a Noah Andrews RBI single in the first.  Vanderwerf and Tacoma starter Tanner Knapp then proceeded to throw-up a whole lot of goose eggs.
 
TCC went to the bullpen in the sixth and it opened the door for LCC.  Off Dyson Johnson, GJ Hurst tied up the game with an RBI single in the 7^th.  Zach Threlfall then scored the game winner in the seven inning contest when he scored on a throwing error, sending the Devils into a celebration.
 
Vanderwerf went the distance allowing six hits and two runs against a potent TCC attack.
 
Andrews, Hurst and Threlfall had two hits each.
 
By taking three of four games in the series with Tacoma, the Devils go to 10-3 in the West, tied with Pierce for first place. Tacoma drops to 9-3, a half game behind.  LCC would have the tiebreaker with Tacoma should it come down to that.
 
The Devils take on Grays Harbor in a four game set next weekend.  LCC hosts the Chokers Saturday April 27^th at 1pm. The teams meet in Aberdeen on Sunday the 28^th.