Cubs fall to Bellevue in final

LEWISTON - An early lead for the Lewis-Clark Cubs did not quite hold up against a Bellevue Honda rally in the final of the Clancy Ellis Tournament at Harris Field.

The Cubs - who topped FM Sports 9-5 in the semifinals earlier on Sunday - had defeated Bellevue 8-1 in pool play, and seemed on course for a repeat showing when they led 8-1 after two innings, but a sixth-inning Honda surge erased their advantage, forcing an eighth in which it was Bellevue that secured the winning run.

"We started the game off hot and I think we just relaxed," said Lewis-Clark coach Ramon Royce, whose team went 5-1 overall in the tournament. "We gave away too many walks, free passes. We definitely have to give them credit; they were able to make that huge rally in the sixth, and got some timely hits."

"It was a heartbreaker to be honest with you, but I'm proud of our boys and how hard they competed throughout the tournament" Royce concluded. "Our guys have really started coming together and getting hot, so it was good to see them heat up and play well as a team."

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Stout, Stamper (5), Lopez (6) and Hanchett. Smith and Boyd.

Lewis-Clark hits - Wallace 3, Stout (2B), Moliga 2 (2 2B), Beckman 2, Skinner 3 (2B), Hanchett 3 (2B), Hart (2B).

Bellevue hits - Sailer 2, Escober 2, Caro 3, Russell 2, Graham, Soay 3, Smith 2.

L-C Cubs 12, Nampa Braves 2

Harris Field has been kind to the Lewis-Clark Cubs at the Clancy Ellis Tournament and that theme continued for the hosts Saturday evening against the Nampa Braves.

George Lopez and Trayton Skinner each contributed three hits - both also had doubles - and a 12-hit barrage helped the Cubs cruise past Nampa 12-2 in five innings.

L-C, now 4-0 in its own tournament, faces FM Sports of Redmond, Wash., at 3 p.m. at Harris Field. A win places the Cubs in the championship game later tonight.

"As a team, it feels like we're playing good baseball right now," L-C coach Ramon Royce said. "Playing the game the right way."

Coy Stout also had multiple hits and a double for the Cubs in Saturday evening's game.

Tui Moliga conceded just a single run in his four innings on the hill and Skinner was solid in relief.

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Miller, Reinerston (4) and Fuentes. Moliga, Charlo (5), Skinner (5) and Hanchett.

Nampa hits - Garza, Goetz, Fuentes, Bernal.

Lewis-Clark hits - Wallace, Lopez 3 (2B), Stout 2 (2B), Beckman, Skinner 3 (2B), Hanchett, Woods

Twins win in 10, still in hunt for title

YAKIMA - Pitcher Danny Robinson and the defense kept the game deadlocked for seven innings, and finally the Lewis-Clark Twins won it in the 10th inning.

AJ Davis scored from third on Chase Adkison's walk-off single, which gave L-C a 2-1 victory over Northwest Crimson of Auburn, Wash., on Saturday in the Yakima Wood Bat Tournament.

The Twins (4-0 in the tournament, 24-7 overall) are one of three teams that could win the title today. Their matchup today wasn't available at press time

Robinson entered in the third and pitched until the end of the game, giving up just four hits during that time. Plus, the Twins' defense was "incredible," coach Kevin Maurer said.

"Most of our season, our offense has really carried the slack," he said. "These last two games, pitching and defense has really led the way."

The Twins scored a run in the first when Davis doubled and eventually came home on an error. But after that, they only generated a few scoring chances. Their efforts were foiled by 16 flyouts.

But in the 10th - the game was scheduled to go seven innings - Davis was hit by a pitch and stole second to get a threat going. Jaden Phillips then walked and Luke White hit a ball that was dropped by the right fielder to load the bases. Adkison then delivered his walk-off blow.

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Complete statistics not available.

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Dalton Hart conceded just three runs before giving up the ball to Mason Daniel and the Lewis-Clark Cubs starter also shelled out three hits with a double to help his own cause in a mercy-rule win at the Clancy Ellis Tournament.

"He did a lot of things right today," said Cubs coach Ramon Royce, whose club improved to 3-0 in tournament play.

Tyson Wallace and George Lopez were also part of the three-hit club while Jason Hanchett slugged out two with a double.

"You just have those days where everything comes together and guys were seeing the ball well and just making solid contact," Royce said. "I hope we didn't use all of our hits today."

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Dalton Hart, Mason Daniel (5) and Jason Hanchett. Brad Bramlet, Bryan Stephenson (4), Jacob Headerlo (4), McPherson (4) and Jackson Saville.

Lewis-Clark hits - Tyson Wallace 3 (2B), Daniel, George Lopez 3, Connor Stamper, Trayton Skinner (2B), Hayden Woods (2B), Hanchett 2 (2B), Hart 3 (2B).

Centennial hits - Britten Stephenson, Headerlo 3, Ryan Seatz (2B).

Twins' Washburn flirts with perfect game

YAKIMA - Lewis-Clark Twins Legion baseball coach Kevin Maurer has seen some incredible pitching performances throughout the years, but Julian Washburn's outing Friday afternoon may have topped them all.

Washburn held the Thurston County Bandits of Washington to a single hit during a 6-1 win on the second day of the Yakima Wood Bat Tournament.

"It was pretty incredible what he was able to do, his command was phenomenal," Maurer said. "Even his misses were great misses, maybe an inch or two off the plate. Only two balls were actually hit decently, other than that there wasn't even a chance of a guy getting close to him today."

The senior right-hander tallied 15 strikeouts during his 109-pitch performance and surrendered his only walk in the bottom of the fourth.

"My assistant coach and I were talking about it, we haven't seen anything like this in a while," Maurer said. "When you're able to strike out that many guys, that's a performance you'll remember for a long time."

The Twins (23-8) entered the fifth clinging to a 1-0 lead, but AJ Davis and Chad Adkison sparked the offense with a combined four RBI.

"With Washburn being so dominant early on, our offense kind of stayed at bay," Maurer said. "That fifth inning is when they decided to take a little pressure off and do their part."

Lewis-Clark continues tournament play today with a 2 p.m. meeting against the Northwest Crimson. A victory gives the Twins an opportunity to potentially earn a bye to the championship game Sunday.

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Julian Washburn and Chase Adkison. Gunther, He (4), Summerfield (6) and Gaelvin.

Lewis-Clark hits - Riley Way 2, AJ Davis 2, Jaden Phillips, Chase Adkison 2 (2B), Danny Robinson, Chris Powell, Colt Olson 2.

Thurston County hits - Gunther.

Thursday's games

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Shane Martin, Chordy Dufflinger (6) and Gage Young. Cooper Lund and Chase Adkison.

Hanford hits - Troy Simpkins 2 (2B), Brad Poletski, Damon Clignenbeard 2 (2B, HR).

Lewis-Clark hits - Riley Way, AJ Davis 3 (2B), Jaden Phillips, Luke White 2, Chase Adkison 2 (2B), Danny Robinson, Julian Washburn, Chris Powell (2B), Colt Olson 3 (3B).

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Wyatt Baldwin, Chris Powell (7), Riley Way (7) and Nate Savolainen. Austin Roue, Alec Brown (1), Ryan Hernandez (5), Dakota Boan (7) and Jaden Martinez.

Lewis-Clark hits - AJ Davis, Jaden Phillips, Julian Washburn, Luke White (3B), Danny Robinson (2B).

Yakima hits - Isaac Pastrana, Jaden Martinez, Brock Williams.

Twins off to a good start in Yakima

Twins start strong in Yakima YAKIMA — The LewisClark Twins posted twin victories to kick off their campaign at the Yakima Wood Bat Tournament, defeating the Hanford Flames 11-2 and the Yakima Beetles 7-4. The wins improve the Twins’ overall season record to 22-7. Boxes were unavailable for these games.  Lewis-Clark returns to action today at 11:30 a.m. against Thurston.

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