Rains douse Patriot rally to close 1-4 run in series

A cloudburst over McDonald Park in Colfax late Saturday put an end to a comeback by the Pullman Patriots in the big summer series last weekend. After being dropped in a 0-6 hole by the Seattle Dodgers, the Patriots scored four runs in the third inning and one more in the fourth to get within a run of closing the gap.

The Dodgers, who were booked as the home team, scored one more in the bottom of the fourth to bump the lead back to 7-5, but after that the rains stopped it.

The Patriots went into the game with a 1-3 mark over the previous three days of the big tournament, so the Saturday evening...