L-C, Condordia brave the chill to notch wins at Schwab tourney
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2-19-06
Lewis-Clark State picked up a victory and Concordia claimed two Saturday as calm and slightly warmer conditions allowed the Les Schwab Tournament to get under way at Harris Field.

Chris Kissock threw four-hit ball over seven innings in the day's middle game, leading L-C to a 5-1 victory over Linfield.

In the opener, where the temperature was 17 for the opening pitch at 10:07 a.m., Concordia topped Linfield 7-4. Then in the late game, the Cavaliers from Portland held off Eastern Oregon 6-5.

The tournament, condensed to six games when Friday's schedule was scrapped due to a wind chill factor that hovered between single digits and the low teens, will conclude with three contests today. Eastern Oregon (0-1) and Linfield will square off at 10 a.m., followed by Concordia (2-0) and L-C (5-0) at 12:30 p.m. The Warriors will face Eastern Oregon in the tournament finale at approximately 3.

Kissock (2-0) threw just 97 pitches in his seven-inning start, allowing only an unearned run in the fourth while striking out five and walking none.

Max Hibbs, who relieved Kissock to start the eighth -- at which time L-C led 2-1 -- finished the game in perfect fashion, striking out five to earn the save.

The Warriors scored three unearned runs in the bottom of the eighth. An infield throwing error on Isaac Simmons' two-out grounder plated two runs, and Allen Balmer followed with an RBI single.

Juan Verdejo had an RBI single in the second for the Warriors, and Matt Vogel laced an RBI double in the fifth.