Devils welcomed Clark back to the west region by taking three of four (3-0, 3-2, 14-3, 2-7) on Friday, April 7
th and Saturday, April 8
th.
Game One - LCC 3 Clark 0
Under the lights at Story Field on Friday the Devils defense was outstanding, holding the Penguins scoreless with only 7 hits.
Camden Oram and
Tyler Peterson were a wall in the infield with 7 and 6 assist respectively.
The Devils three runs were spread out with 1 in the 2
nd, 1 in the 4
th and 1 in the 7
th but that was more than enough.
Easton Amundson was 2 for 3 at the plate with a walk and a SB
Kyle Parkman and
Nate Gray Jr both were 2 for 4
Tyler Peterson was 1 for 3 with the only extra base hit of the game, a walk, and an rbi
Wren Cecil was 1 for 2 with and rbi
Winning Pitcher was
Owen Luchies with 7.2 innings of work with 1 SO, 1 walk, and 7 hits
Mac Elske got the save throw for 1.1 innings with 2 SO, 1 BB, and 0 hits
Game Two – LCC 3 Clark 2
The second game of the night was much different as the Penguins game out swinging, scoring a run int 2
nd and the 4
th innings to take a 2-0 lead. Devils plated a run in the 4
th to make it a 1 run game off of a
Kyle Parkman fielder's choice single to score Amundson.
That is where the score would stay until the bottom of the 7
th . Parkman singled,
Nick Miller Sac Bunt moves Parkman over to second.
Bryan Falk goes down looking for out number 2.
Matthew Lewis reaches 1
st on a Clark throwing error scoring Parkman to tie it up at two runs, Lewis advances to second on the over throw. Lewis then moves over to third on a wild pitch and then scores the winning run on another wild pitch.
Devils only had 4 hits but once again solid defense and smart base running kept it in reach for the win.
Camden Oram got the W with 3.1 innings of work with 2 SO, 3 BB, 2 hits, 0 ER
Brayden Wells put in 3.2 innings with 4 SO, 4 BB, 4 hits, and 2 ER
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Game Three - LCC 14 Clark 3
With the heavy rains Clark moved their home games to the Evergreen High School fields and thru the first 6 innings of game one it was close with the Clark up by a run (3-2) going into the 7
th.
Parkman flew out to left to start off the inning then Miller, Cecil, and Lewis were all hit by a pitch to load the bases. Clark makes a pitching change with
Tyler Peterson up to bat. Peterson reaches on a fielder's choice that gets Lewis out at second and scores Miller, but the Clark short stop over throws the DP attempt advancing Peterson to second and scoring Cecil to make it 4-3 LCC.
Another Clark pitching change, and
Tyler Reese steps up to single and score Peterson making it 5-3 LCC. Clark finally gets the 3
rd out but the damage is done. Bottom of the 7
th LCC defense holds tight to make it a quick 4 batter inning for the Penguins.
Top of the 8
th Lower Columbia went on a bit of a hit fest with 7 hits scoring 9 runs including back to Back home runs by
Easton Amundson (3 rbi's) and
Cayden Wotipka (solo) to make it 14-3.
Final play of the game was a bullet throw from LCC catcher Justin Stranksy to first picking off the Clark runner to record the final out.
Michael Schwarz went 5 innings with 4 SO, 2BB,4 hits, 3 ER
Noah Imboden earned the Win with 3 innings of work for 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 hits, 0 ER
Cayden Wotipka was 2 for 2 with a HR and 1 rbi
Wren Cecil was 2 for 3 with 3 rbi's
Stransky was 2 for 5 with HR, 1 rbi
Reese was 2 for 5 with 2 rbi's
Game Four – LCC 2 Clark 7
Devils started the final game of the series plating two runs to Clarks 1, but in the 2
nd inning two Clark batters walked. Penguins CF C. Parker stepped up and hit a bomb over the left field fence to give Clark a 5-2 lead. Clark would plate another one in the 6
th and 7
th inning while holding the Devils.
Parkman went 2 for 3 with an rbi
Tyler Reese was 2 for 4
WP – C. Reitzenst (Clark) 7 IP, 4 SO, 2 BB, 6 hits
LP –
Braeden Munger 1.2 IP, 0 SO, 3 BB, 4 Runs 3 ER, 1 HBP
The Devils are on a bye week this next weekend so there next games are not until Saturday, April 22 vs the Tacoma Titans. First pitch set for 12:00 pm at Story Field.
