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Linn-Benton Splits Doubleheader with Mt. Hood



The 10th inning started with a quick three up, three down for the Saints and the Roadrunners took full advantage of their defensive stop. Catcher Ethan Buckley reached second after a throwing error, then was scored by a walk-off single by Kolten Lindstrom.

Linn-Benton defeated Mt. Hood 6-5 but then dropped the nightcap 3-1 in NWAC South Region baseball action at Dick McClain Field on the LBCC campus on Wednesday afternoon, March 13.

The Roadrunners (8-6, 4-2 NWAC South) started game one hot after starting pitcher Brody McMullen held Mt. Hood scoreless with two strikeouts. Ethan Buckley hit a 2-run single in the bottom of the first to give Linn-Benton a 2-0 lead.

Mt. Hood scored one run in the second inning then one in the third, tying the game 2-2. Then after two scoreless innings the Saints took a 4-2 lead in the top of the sixth inning when sophomore Ryoma Imai hit a 2-run single.

In the bottom of the seventh, the Roadrunners rallied and took the lead 5-4 when sophomore designated hitter Aidan Doughtery hit a 2-run single then was later brought in by a sacrifice fly by sophomore Spencer Sullivan.

Mt. Hood tied the game in the top of the ninth inning on a wild pitch that brought home the runner on third base. Linn-Benton had a runner in scoring position but came up short, failing to score in the bottom of the ninth, sending the game to extra innings.

After the game Buckley said, "Seeing Kolten hit the walk-off was absolutely awesome. He works so hard and everyone loves to see him succeed, great dude on and off the field.”

In game two Linn-Benton freshman pitcher Jake Von Lubken struck out three of the first six batters he faced with only one reaching base on an error.

Both teams were scoreless until Linn-Benton took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third when Cameron Ordway got on base with a single to center, followed by a double by Jordan Hockett, leading to Ordway scoring on an error.

The score remained 1-0 until Mt. Hood came back and took a 3-1 lead after Linn-Benton walked three runners, hit one batter and gave up three singles in the sixth inning. Despite the Roadrunners collecting a total of six hits throughout the game, they were unable to score again and Mt. Hood took game two 3-1.

The next day, Thursday, March 14, the Roadrunners played another doubleheader at home in which they beat Clackamas Community College in both games, 10-0 and 7-0. They now sit in second place of the NWAC South with a 6-2 conference record and 10-6 record overall.

LB baseball will have another doubleheader at home Saturday, March 16 against SouthWestern Oregon Community College. More information and full schedule see https://athletics.linnbenton.edu/sports/bsb/2023-24/schedule.

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