The win improves LCSC to
47-4 heading into its final
regular-season home contest.
The Warriors will take on
Linfield, 22-15, again on
Sunday at noon. LCSC then
ends the regular season on
Tuesday at Washington State
in Pullman.
LCSC will begin postseason
play on Thursday in the
four-team Region I
tournament, which will be
held in Caldwell. Albertson
College will serve
(Mark
Thompson scores the winning
run off of a Beau Mills
single
as host after splitting a
doubleheader
in the bottom of
the 14th inning)
with the University of
British Columbia
on Saturday. The split gave
Albertson first place in the
Region I standings (LCSC
does not play a league
schedule and is not allowed
to host the region
tournament). The
double-elimination region
tournament will continue
through Saturday with the
winner advancing to the
Super Regionals the
following week.
The Warriors, the top-ranked
team in the NAIA, overcame a
season-high six errors in
Saturday's game, which led
to all but one Linfield run
being earned.
LCSC scored three run in the
first inning and added two
in the sixth for a 5-2 lead.
Linfield, an NCAA Division
III team, took the lead with
a four-run seventh inning,
but LCSC tied the contest
with a run in the bottom of
the seventh. The two teams
failed to score a run for
the next six innings until
LCSC finally won the game.
Both teams had chances.
Linfield left 14 runners
stranded on base, including
two in each of the 11th and
13th innings, while LCSC
left 10.
LCSC used six pitchers in
the contest, including Chris
Kissock, who pitched the
final inning to earn the
win. The junior right-hander
improved to 11-1 on the
season after making just his
second relief appearance of
the season. He went one
inning and allowed one hit,
but struck out two.
The Warriors took a 3-0 lead
in the first when Wyatt
reached on a fielder's
choice and Mills was hit by
a pitch to set up a two-run
double by Jessie Mier. After
a wild pitch moved Mier to
third, Kyle Green's
sacrifice fly RBI scored
Mier.
LCSC made it 5-2 in the
sixth with a pair of runs,
both coming with two outs.
Mier reached on a fielding
error, and a single by
Greene and a walk to Mike
Rivera loaded the bases.
Joey Briggs singled to right
to drive in two.
The Warriors helped Linfield
take the lead by committing
three errors in the top of
the seventh. Stew Davis
added a two-run double and
finished 1-for-3 with two
RBI.
Wyatt's seventh home run of
the season, a solo shot to
right-center field, tied the
game in the seventh.
Mills and Wyatt had two hits
apiece to pace the Warriors'
10-hit attack. Mier and
Briggs both finished with
two RBI.
LCSC pitchers allowed only
three hits in the final
seven innings.
Today's game will be the
final game for Scott
Carnahan as coach at
Linfield. Carnahan is
retiring after 24 years at
the college and has a record
of 562-376-2 at Linfield.
LEWISTON,
Idaho -- Beau Mills' NAIA-leading
97th RBI couldn't have come
at a better time as his
run-scoring single down the
right-field line in the
bottom of the 14th inning
gave the Lewis-Clark State
College baseball team a 7-6
win over Linfield College in
a non-league contest at
LCSC's Harris Field on
Saturday afternoon.