Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Hawks Prairie Cardinals 6, Lacey Saints 2
Olympia Athletics 3, Nisqually Silvers 2
Tumwater Brewers 4, West Olympia Linx 3

Chris McElderry’s (Oklahoma Wesleyan, Yelm HS) two run single and Chandler Tracy’s (Saint Martin’s) two run home run in a five run seventh inning busted the game wide open as the Hawks Prairie Cardinals won their second straight over the first place Lacey Saints, 6-2. McElderry went 3-for-3 and scored two runs along with his two RBI. Cody Evans (Oregon Tech, Yelm HS) had two hits and Connor Huesers (Wenatchee Valley CC) and Conor Cook (Central Washington) each drove in a run for the Cardinals. Shimpie Sato (Skagit Valley College) pitched seven scoreless innings to pick up the win. The Cardinals are now 10-7 in league play while the Saints drop to 10-6 and own just a half game lead over both the Cardinals and Olympia Athletics.

Nikko Saenz (St. Mary’s) went 3-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI and Bret Grey (Central Washington) and Riley Shintaffer (Centralia College) each had two hits to lead the Olympia Athletics to a 3-2 win over the Nisqually Silvers. Two two teams were tied 1-1 going into the bottom of the seventh when Saenz scored on a wild pitch and Grey drove in Bret Bitow (Saint Martin’s) for the eventual game winning run. Roderick Fields (Green River CC) gave up just one earned run on four hits over seven innings to get the win while Bitow struck out the side in a scoreless ninth to get the save. Brandon Evans (Colorado State-Pueblo), Jordan Falcon (New Mexico Highlands) and Spender Dodd (Saint Martin’s) had six of the Silvers’ seven hits. The win runs the A’s record to 10-7, just a half game behind the Saints.