Colfax High baseball faces lull

After splitting a non-league pair at Moscow Monday night, Colfax baseball players face a two-week shutdown as the top finisher in the NE league. The two games on the cold and windy turf at Moscow put Colfax at the 20-game limit for regular season play.

Colfax isn’t booked to play again until May 13 when they will match up with number-two Northwest Christian as part of the league finals at Medical Lake. The round will send three of the NE teams to the regional round of 16 in the state playoffs. The top spot in the league race guarantees the Bulldogs one of the three slots.

Monday at Moscow the Bears nipped the Bulldogs 8-7 in the first game. The Bulldogs had a 7-3 lead going into the last inning when Moscow rallied for five runs off four hits. Two of the runs scored on a two-out homer by Patrick O’Sullivan.

Ellis struck out nine Bears, walked three and allowed 10 hits.

In the second game, the Bulldogs took a 7-3 win with their own version of last inning dramatics. They wiped out a one-run Moscow lead by scoring five runs in the seventh.

Jacobs hit a double with two out and the bases loaded. Moscow outfielders misplayed the hit, which landed in left center and that cleared the bases.