Tigers Drop Pair to Tri-Cities Prep, Beat Riverside

PRESCOTT – The Waitsburg-Prescott baseball team dropped two games at home on Thursday to Tri-Cities Prep, 7-6 and 3-1. They followed a win against Riverside on April 28, 16-1.

In game one Thursday, the cardinals were trailing 6-2 going into the seventh and final regulation inning. A four-run rally tied the score and sent the game into extra innings. TCP scored a lone run in eighth, and took the victory, 7-6.

The bottom of the 7th was highlighted with a double by Devin Acevedo, a 2 RBI single by Kyle Gradwohl and Trey Potts' single, which scored Gradwohl to tie it up.

TCP had 15 hits off pitchers Talen Larsen, Gradwohl and Chance Leroue. Leroue had three hits for the Cardinals, including a home run, and Acevedo and Gradwohl had two hits each.

"I was pleased with the way we battled back in game one after being down four runs heading into the bottom of the seventh," said WP Coach Dustin Snedigar. "We could had folded, but the kids fought back."

Game 2 turned into a pitching battle, as Jacob Dunn held the Jaguars scoreless until the seventh inning, giving up only two hits. But Gradwohl's home run in the bottom of the first was to be the Tigers' only score of the game. TCP tied the game in the top of the seventh, and a two-out two-run single in the top of the ninth, proved the game-winner.

Gradwohl had three of the Tigers' six hits in the game. Dunn and reliever Chance Leroue gave up a total of five TCP hits.

We couldn't generate any offense to help Jacob Dunn in game two," Snedigar said. "He threw as well as he could, and had great command of his pitches."

Game 1

TCP 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 7 15 1

WP 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 10 2

Pitching- WP – Talen Larsen, Kyle Gradwohl 4, Chance Leroue 7 and Jacob Dunn, Jacob Hargrove 4; Tri-City Prep – Trent Mercado, Issac Nelson 5, Phillip Geist 7 and Sam Harlow

Hits- WP – Talen Larsen 1, Devin Acevedo 2 (3b), Kyle Gradwohl 2 (2b), Chance Leroue 3 HR, Trey Potts 1, Dylan Arellano 1; Tri-City Prep –Phillip Geist 5, Isaac Nelson 5, Coverdall 1, Amato 1, Hinkson 1, Dickson 1

Game 2

TCP 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 5 1

WP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2

Pitching- WP – Jacob Dunn, Chance Leroue 7 and Jacob Hargrove; Tri-City Prep – Phillip Geist and Sam Harlow

Hits- WP – Jacob Hargrove 1, Kyle Gradwohl 3 HR, Jacob Dunn 1, Chris Philbrook 1; Tri-City Prep- Isaac Nelson 1, Valencia 1, Amato 2, Harlow 1

WP 16, Riverside (Boardman) 1

BOARDMAN - On April 28, the Tigers traveled to traveled to Boardman, Ore., and overwhelmed Riverside, 16-1. WP pounded out 11 hits and scored in every inning except the second.

Pitcher Chance Leroue threw six innings of no hit baseball and struck out 11 Pirates. He also had two hits and two RBIs. Talen Larsen hit two doubles and collected three RBIs.

"It was great to see Chance Leroue take control early, and stay ahead of hitters," said Snedigar. "He's been working at it, and it's paying off."

The Tigers are now 8-9 overall and 0-6 in league play. They were to host Garfield-Palouse Wednesday afternoon.

WP 4 0 1 1 2 3 5 16 11 1

Riverside 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4

Pitching- WP – Chance Leroue, Jacob Dunn 7 and Jacob Hargrove; Riverside – Killion, Corpus 4 and Salgado

Hits- WP – Jacob Hargrove 2, Talen Larsen 2 (2-2b, 3-RBI), Chance Leroue 2 (2 RBI), Devin Acevedo 1, Chris Philbrook 1, Tyler Fedderson 1, Dylan Arellano 1; Riverside 0