Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
The Colton baseball team rode to Orofino Tuesday night, April 11, to split a doubleheader with the Maniacs, winning 11-0 and losing 6-5.
Colton's Brady Chadwick and Nick Schultheis combined for a two-hit shutout in the first game.
The two pitchers put together nine strikeouts with just two walks. Wildcat batters delivered seven hits and scored their 10th and 11th runs in the fifth inning to halt the game for the mercy rule.
In the second game, all seven innings were needed as Orofino sealed the win in the seventh with a sacrifice bunt, a walk and a sacrifice fly.
It started after Orofino's Bayley Noah was hit by a pitch. He then got to third on the sacrifice bunt.
The Maniacs' win stopped their six-game losing streak.
Colton got hits from Tom Wolf, Luke Vining, Chadwick, Grant Kinzer and Parker Druffel.
In the first game, Wildcats with two hits each included Cameron Bean, Vining, Chadwick and Kinzer.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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