Umpqua Advances with 6-5 Extra Innings Win Over Roadrunners
| Final (11) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |
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Umpqua | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
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Linn-Benton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
ALBANY, Ore. — Umpqua scored one run in the top of the 11th inning to break a 5-5 tie and held on to defeat Linn-Benton 6-5 in the South Region baseball semifinal playoff game Wednesday afternoon at Dick McClain Field.
The Riverhawks (16-17) will now travel to Mt. Hood Friday to play for the South Region tournament title. Mt. Hood defeated Lane 7-4 Wednesday.
The Roadrunners (30-9) managed nine hits on the day but left 10 runners on base. Designated hitter Jacob Overstreet led Linn-Benton, going 3-for-5 with an RBI.
Linn-Benton went up 2-0 after two innings before Mike Freund's three-run home run in the top of the fourth inning gave the Riverhawks the lead. Umpquan managed two more runs that inning and led 5-2 going into the bottom of the seventh inning.
The Roadrunners scored two in the seventh and one in the eighth inning to tie the game at 5-5 and force the game into extra innings.
Freund scored on Sean MacNeela's single in the top of the eleventh inning for the final margin.
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