LONGVIEW, Washington – Linn-Benton’s baseball team continued on its quest to repeat as conference champions Saturday with a 10-5 victory over Edmonds College at the NWAC championship tournament.
The Roadrunners will take the field at 4:05 p.m. Sunday, when they take on the winner of Saturday’s contest between Everett and Lane Community College.
On Saturday, Linn-Benton’s offense pounded out 12 hits, including home runs by Bryant Starr, Chanz Flores, and Jackson Fera. Talon McGrorty, now 7-0 on the season, got the win for the Roadrunners, pitching seven innings and allowing five runs. He struck out one and walked one. Jake Johson closed out the game with two shutout innings.
The Roadrunners jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. However, the Tritons rebounded with four runs in the second to take a 4-0 lead.
LB’s offense erupted for eight runs in the bottom of the fourth, including all three home runs, to take a 9-4 lead. Each team added a run later to tally the final score, 10-5.
The tournament continues Sunday at David Story Field on the campus of Lower Columbia College. It wraps up Monday, May 25, with the championship game.
For more information and results on the tournament, see https://nwacsports.com/Championship_Central_Baseball.
