Colton, SJE, TOR book big wins during sun break

Colton, St. John/Endicott and Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia Tuesday booked double wins as the weather cleared off for baseball action. Colton’s trip to Pomeroy went down as wins in the 1B competition after the Wildcats battled 2B clubs earlier in the week.

Colton opened Tuesday with an 11-6 win over the Pirates with Josh Straughan fanning 11 Pirates over six innings. Jake Straughan finished.

The Wildcats led 7-2 after five frames and capped it with four more in the top of the seventh. Jake Straughan had three of the Colton hits in the opener and Josh Straughan had two.

Senior Taylor Spence fanned 15 Pirates in the second game on the way to a 12-7 win. Pomeroy pegged a 7-6 lead after two innings, but they were blanked for the balance.

Josh Straughan had three of the nine hits with a double and triple. Jake Reidner and Justin Meyer each had two hits.

TEKOA/OAKESDALE/ROSALIA moved their record to 5-2 Tuesday with a pair of wins over Asotin at the Rosalia field. The Spartans won the first game 11-7 with Flash Hodges striking out six and allowing five hits.

Coach Rob Hudkins noted TOR Tuesday pulled off big innings to get both the wins.

In the first game, TOR trailed 5-6 going into the fifth inning and scored six runs. Peyton Boxleitner rapped a two-run homer and D.J. Brown hit a grand slam.

They won the second game 10-8 with an eight run charge in the last inning. They did it with three hits, three walks and three hit batters.

Boxleitner had a three run homer in the charge.

Brown pitched into the sixth inning and Will Dedic came on to finish it out. Dedic was credited with the win after TOR booked the big rally in the last inning.

ST. JOHN/ENDICOTT stopped Garfield/Palouse twice on the road Tuesday in another league matchup. The Eagles won the opener 22-11 with a six-run charge in the last inning. They finished with 12 hits.

Bryce Bennett started on the mound for St. John and Kyle and Evan Raynor finished.

Kyle Raynor and Dakota Hallenius hit doubles.

Wilson Allen and Jesse Lopez pitched in the first game for the Vikings.

Mason Van Lith threw a one-hitter at the Vikings in the second inning. The Eagles booked an 11-1 win over five frames.

SJE had eight hits with Hallenius rapping a homer and Van Lith hitting two doubles.

COLTON Saturday booked a split with Dayton on the Wildcats field. The Wildcats took the second game 22-5 with Zack Devorak throwing a five-hitter in his first varsity game.

Colton picked up 10 hits in the second game with Josh Straughan pegging a double and a homer. Josh Straughan finished with a 6-7 day at the plate. Jake Straughan had two doubles in the second game.

Colton started the second game with 12 runs in the first inning.

Dayton took the opener 9-6. Colton sustained the loss despite tagging 11 hits. Josh Straughan also doubled and homered in the first game. He had four of the 10 Wildcat hits.

The Wildcats played part of the day with just eight players on the field. They suited 10 but Jake Reidner had to take a college entrance exam during part of the action and Holdan Druffel was ejected.

Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia last Wednesday took both sides of a double header at Colton. They took the first game 10-4 and the closer 4-1.

Tied 4-4 after four innings in the first game, TOR took control with a four-run charge in the sixth inning.

Will Dedic started the first game and Brown came on in the sixth inning.

Dedic had three hits in the opener with a double and a triple. Brown had two hits with a double.

In the 12-1 crunch in the second game at Colton, TOR bats came alive with 15 hits. Lance Lindgren had three raps, and Flash Hodges, Brown and Tom Carrothers each had two.