Twins take second in Yakima

YAKIMA - The Lewis-Clark Twins defeated the host Yakima Red Peppers 11-3 in the semifinals before falling 4-2 to the River City Athletics in the final of the Yakima Wood Bat Tournament.

The Twins ended the first game in five innings behind a strong hitting performance that included home runs from Danny Robinson and Luke White.

"We took care of business in that game," Lewis-Clark coach Kevin Maurer said of the semifinal. "We were able to end it early to get a little rest before that championship game."

In the final, the Twins came up against a travel-ball team composed largely of players already in or committed to college baseball programs - and they held their own.

The first two innings saw River City score three to Lewis-Clark's two, after which four scoreless innings followed for both teams before the Athletics completed a fourth and final run in the seventh.

Maurer credited a strong pitching performance from Kyle Van Boeyen for holding the River City tally down, and said that his offense created multiple opportunities to tie or take the lead, but was unable to capitalize.

"Second inning we had bases loaded, only got one run out of it. In the fifth inning we had a guy on first and second with no outs; we didn't get a run out of it," he said. "We just didn't get that timely hit we needed to kind of put us over the top."

"I was very happy with how our guys played that game, and how we were just one or two hits away from winning the whole thing," added Maurer, whose team stands at 24-8 on the season.

Yakima Red Peppers 020 01- 3 7 1

Lewis-Clark Twins 204 32-11 10 0

Johnson, Berreth (4) and Wolfe. Adkinson, White (5) and Savolainen.

Yakima hits - Bishop 2, Vick 2, Garner, Paul, Bruner.

Lewis-Clark hits - Light 2, Davis 2, Phillips (2B), White (HR), Robinson (HR), Baldwin, Powell (2B), Olson.

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River City Athletics 210 000 1-4 4 2

Lewis-Clark Twins 110 000 0-2 8 1

Henke and Collier. Van Boeyen, Savolainen (7) and Adkinson.

River City hits - Elgin, Rea 2 (2B), Selders (2B).

Lewis-Clark hits - Davis 3, Phillips 2, Adkinson, Washburn, Olson.