Posted: May 25, 2019
Roadrunners Fall to Lower Columbia at Championships
Lower Columbia
(36-9, 22-3)
11
Linn-Benton
(31-10, 20-4)
1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Lower Columbia | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 0 |
|
Linn-Benton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
LONGVIEW, Wash. — Lower Columbia College jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning and shut down Linn-Benton's bats en route to an 11-1 victory in the 2019 NWAC Baseball Championship Saturday.
The loss ended the Roadrunners' season with an overall record of 31-11. Lower Columbia remains alive in the tournament and will face either Tacoma or Everett on Sunday.
Lower Columbia's starter Yancy Bird pitched 5 2/3 shutout innings and struck out 13 batters. The Red Devils won the NWAC Championship in 2018.
The only run for the Roadrunners came on a wild pitch that scored Fridtjof Fremstad in the seventh inning.
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