Eyes wide open

Bears rookie Davidson watching and learning, but not in awe of pro challenge ||

His eyes are open.

As one would expect, Matt Davidson is acutely observant while playing professional baseball barely three months removed from his 18th birthday and three weeks after his graduation from Yucaipa (Calif.) High School.

He is playing in a city he had never seen before, with teammates he had never met before, and he is performing against a level of competition he has never opposed before.

So yes, his eyes are open. But they’re not wide open as if Davidson were in awe, because he isn’t.

“I’ve always wanted to do this,” he says in the Bears dugout before a recent game. “And I’ve thought I could since I was a freshman in high school.”

Davidson was 6-foot-2 and 220 pounds then. He was a pitcher, and wore No. 51 in honor of Randy Johnson.

Now he’s a 6-3, 210-pound third baseman who has dropped the “1” from his jersey number. He said no, thank you, to USC, signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks for a reported $900,000 and thoroughly expects to extend his career from Yakima all the way to the big leagues.

Davidson makes clear such expectations without the slightest hint of arrogance. He addresses his life to this point and his hopes for beyond it with a quiet, matter-of-fact confidence.

But if Davidson speaks softly, he clearly carries a big stick.

Months ago in his 30-game senior season at Yucaipa, Davidson batted .555 with 11 home runs and 45 runs batted in.

That’s why he was chosen by the D-backs with the 35th pick in last month’s draft — an honor not normally accorded someone his age or level of experience unless he’s considered not only a prospect, but one with a can’t-miss label.

“I want to get to the big leagues,” Davidson says, “and I want to make an impact there for a very long time.”

He says this with a tone and demeanor that hints more of anticipation than aspiration. But in the same breath, Davidson says, “I’ve learned so much here over the past week.”

Davidson is learning the pro game in the short-season Class A Northwest League with the idea that it will lead to his climbing the minor league ladder to the majors.

But he seems to clearly understand that he must learn to do this before he can move on to do that.

Davidson’s .222 batting average with one home run and three runs batted in entering Tuesday night’s game at Boise indicate that, from a purely offensive standpoint, he has plenty to learn here.

But that’s fine, both with him and manager Bob Didier.

For one thing, Davidson is 18. For another, his first pro season is still in its infancy.

“He has a long way to go,” said Didier, who at age 60 is in his 43rd year of professional baseball — meaning he started a year younger than Davidson. “He’s probably 10,000 to 20,000 ground balls, 40,000 to 50,000 swings and 400 to 500 games from getting to the major leagues.

“But he’s 18, and he has some ability and he also has a solid work ethic. He has a chance to become an excellent player.”

His chances are better than they might be, Didier said, because Davidson seems grounded. Despite his well-documented potential, Davidson seems to be humble, down to earth and willing to produce the long, solitary hours of work that will be required for his improvement.

“His parents have obviously done an outstanding job with him,” Didier said. “He’s a pleasant, friendly young man. As my Dad would say, you can look into his face and see that he’s a good person.”

Becoming a good player — good enough to be a major leaguer, meanwhile — is more a plan than a dream.

“If you have a dream,” he says, “then it’s like you’re not really expecting it to happen. It’s not really a goal.”

To that end, Davidson chose to forego USC. He decided to start his pro career sooner than later, and the decision wasn’t difficult.

“Not for me, not on that day (June 9, when he was drafted),” Davidson says. “I felt I was ready, and I wanted to get a wooden bat in my hands.”

Nothing against the Trojans or college baseball, Davidson says, but this opportunity better facilitates his long-range plan.

“It wouldn’t really help,” he says, “to play two or three years and learn baseball the Trojan way, and then have to change and learn the Diamondback way.

“This way, for example, I can concentrate on baseball. I don’t have to worry about classes or all the other things that come with going to school. All I have to do now is play baseball and worry about my body and staying healthy.”

And if it doesn’t work? If Davidson should suffer a career-ending injury or, for whatever reason, his big-league plan simply doesn’t happen?

He says he’s extremely close with his family — father Glen, mother Candi, brother Kevin (16) and sister Nicole (12) — most of whom will likely be in town for this week’s series with Spokane. Their support, he says, will sustain him in whatever direction his life takes.

Besides, Davidson says, smiling and looking out on a sun-splashed Yakima County Stadium field, he’s content to take life one game — or day — at a time.

“It’s important to approach every day,” he says, “with the realization that you only get that day once.”

• Roger Underwood can be reached at 509-577-7694 or runderwood@yakimaherald.com

Bears pound Boise

BOISE, Idaho — After losing back-to-back pitcher’s duels, the Bears came out swinging Tuesday night in the finale of their three-game series with the Boise Hawks.

Astolfo Inciarte had three hits and Clayton Conner homered as Yakima beat the Hawks 9-5 in front of an announced crowd of 2,540 at Memorial Stadium to snap a three-game losing streak.

The victory also put the Bears back over the .500 mark at 6-5 going into tonight’s home game against Spokane.

Yakima snapped a 5-5 tie with a run in the seventh inning and three more in the eighth, setting up Brad Wilson for another scoreless relief appearance.

While Houston Summers got the win (2-0) after succeeding starter Rafael Quezada, allowing three hits and a run over two innings, Wilson worked two hitless frames with four strikeouts and a walk.

The right-hander from Cal Poly Pomona has not allowed a run in seven innings over four appearances, striking out 10 while walking one.

Conner, who had singled home one of two runs in Yakima’s first inning gave the Bears a 5-4 lead with a two-run homer in the fifth.

After the Hawks tied it in the bottom of the sixth, Yakima took the lead in the seventh on a wild pitch and was poised for a big inning with the bases loaded and one out, but Tim Sherlock lined into an unassisted double play at first.

In the seventh, however, Ryan Wheeler’s sacrifice fly, an RBI single by Inciarte and another wild pitch broke it open.

Yakima Bears update

Next game

Opponent: Spokane Indians.

When, where: 7:05 p.m., today, Yakima County Stadium.

Radio: KUTI (1460).

Probable pitchers: Yakima RHP Ricardo Taveras (0-0, 1.74) vs. TBA.

Box score

Bears 9, Hawks 5

YAKIMA                    BOISE

ab    r    h    bi        ab    r    h    bi

Greeer ss    3    1    0    0    Valdez cf    5    0    1    0

Inciarte lf    5    2    3    1    Watkins 2b    5    0    1    0

Conner 1b    4    1    2    3    Rohan 1b    4    1    2    0

Wilson p    0    0    0    0    Andersen dh    4    1    1    0

Davidson 3b    4    0    0    0    Petraitis 3b    4    2    2    0

Sherlock rf    5    0    1    0    Sosa c    3    0    0    0

Corniel c    4    0    1    0    Ha lf    4    1    2    4

Fie pr    0    1    0    0    Soto rf    4    0    0    1

VanWinkle c    1    0    0    0    Matheus ss    3    0    1    0

Montilla 2b    4    2    1    0                    Pimentel dh    3    0    1    0

Wheeler ph    0    0    0    1

R.Rodrgz cf    3    2    2    1

Totals    36    9    10    6    Totals    36    5    10    5

Yakima    210    020    130    —    9

Boise    000    041    000    —    5

E—Davidson, Summers, Matheus, Petraitis. DP—Boise 2. LOB—Yakima 6, Boise 6. 2B—Petraitis, Ha. CS—Soto. S—Greer, Sosa. SF—Wheeler.

IP    H    R    ER    BB    SO

Yakima

Quezada    5    7    4    3    0    3

Summers W, 2-0    2    3    1    1    0    1

Wilson    2    0    0    0    1    4

Boise

Nagel    3    5    3    2    0    2

Whitlock    3    2    2    2    0    2

Lansford L, 0-1    1    1    1    1    2    0

Keefe    1    3    3    3    1    1

Quezada    1    0    0    0    0    0

WP—Lansford, Keefe. HBP—Greer (by Nagel). Umpires—Wilson, Bostwick. T—2:45. A—2,540.

NWL Standings

East Division

W    L    Pct.    GB

Tri-City (Rockies)    9    2    .818    —

Yakima (D-backs)    6    5    .545    3

Boise (Cubs)    3    8    .273    6

Spokane (Rangers)    3    8    .273    6

West Division

W    L    Pct.    GB

Salem-Keizer (Giants)    8    3    .727    —

Everett (Mariners)    6    5    .545    2

Vancouver (Athletics)    5    6    .455    3

Eugene (Padres)    4    7    .364    4

Tuesday’s results

Yakima 9, Boise 5

Tri-City 6, Spokane 5

Everett 7, Eugene 4

Salem-Keizer 8, Vancouver 4

Today’s games

Spokane at Yakima

Salem-Keizer at Vancouver

Everett at Eugene

Boise at Tri-City

Restarting the fire Wilson’s goal for YVCC baseball

Ray Funk hastened to add that it was not a factor in Yakima Valley Community College’s hiring of Ken Wilson as its new baseball coach.

Nonetheless, the Yaks athletic director couldn’t help noting Tuesday that, “the last Central (Washington University) guy who came out of retirement to coach at YVCC didn’t do too badly.”

That would be Dean Nicholson, who in 1995 revived a moribund Yaks men’s basketball program.

Wilson, meanwhile, said he hopes to “restart the fire.”

Having retired two years ago from an administrative job with the Selah School District, Wilson hopes to restore YVCC baseball to NWAACC prominence and add to its tradition.

Since 1950 the college has had only five baseball coaches — Bobo Brayton, Bill Faller, Bob Garretson Jr., Ken Mortensen (who announced is resignation last season) and Wilson.

“I worked for Bob Garretson and I’ve known Ken Mortensen for a long time,” Wilson said. “They’re both great people, class people. The thing that’s different with me is I don’t have a 40-hour work week in addition to trying to enhance the program like those guys did.”

The baseball job at YVCC has long been a part-time position, which in turn has made recruiting a problem for someone who has simultaneously held other employment.

“Bob and Ken didn’t have the opportunity I have,” Wilson said. “My goal, and I’ve been at this level before, is to make sure kids have some opportunities when they finish here. My job is to keep that vision for them.”

Wilson, 62, who began his career at Centralia College in 1979 and coached the Trailblazers to a 203-96-3 record and eight consecutive NWAACC tournament appearances, was Central Washington’s head man from 1987-91. The Wildcats were 80-40 during his tenure and reached the NAIA World Series in 1988.

He also spent 15 years as an administrator in the Ellensburg and Selah school districts, and during the 2000 and 2001 seasons assisted Garretson at YVCC.

Mortensen, who coached the Yaks over the past five seasons, compiled a 99-121 record and did not reach the playoffs although YVCC contended strongly last spring.

Local report–Welton helps Pak gain split

PASCO — Derek Welton got stung by a long ball in the first inning, but that was the end of his generosity on Tuesday.

The Yakima Valley Pepsi Pak pitcher, who yielded a two-run homer in the opening frame, finished with a three-hitter and led his team to a 4-2 win over Pasco in the second game of a Central Washington League doubleheader.

The Sun Devils got to Jake Fife for six runs in the first two innings of the opener and held on to win 6-5.

The split moves the first-place Pak to 12-2 in league and 21-7 overall.

Game 1

Yakima Valley    103    010    0    —    5    7    1

Pasco    240    000    x    —    6    8    6

Fife and Snider; Briggs, Garza (5) and Garza.

Highlights: Neal Schuck (P) 2-4, 2-run HR, 3 RBI.

Game 2

Yakima Valley    201    010    0    —    4    8    1

Pasco    200    000    0    —    2    3    4

Welton and Andreas; Heiman and Davenport.

Highlights: Derek Welton (YV) CG, 3 H; Trevor Brain (P) 2-run HR.

Summers shuts Titans down

RICHLAND — Matt Summers’ complete-game four-hitter powered the Yakima Pepsi Beetles to a 3-2 win over the Twin City Titans in the nightcap of a CWL doubleheader on Tuesday.

Nick Lombardi’s solo home run gave the Beetles (8-6, 18-18) a 3-1 lead in the top of the sixth inning. Lombardi, who caught both games, was 4-for-6 for the day with two doubles in the opener.

Twin City won the opener 14-0 in five innings on Kody Young’s three-hitter.

The two teams meet again today at Parker Field starting at 5:30 p.m.

Game 1

Yakima        000    00    —    0    3    6

Twin City        103    (10)x    —    14    13    2

Calderon and Lombardi; Young and Jackson.

Highlights: Nick Lombardi 2-2, 2 2b.

Game 2

Yakima    001    011    0    —    3    9    0

Twin City    001    001    0    —    2    4    0

Summers and Lombardi; Stumetz, O’Brien (5) and Minnich, Jackson (5).

Highlights: Matt Summers CG, 3 K; Nick Lombardi 2-4, solo HR; Max Kovatch 3-3.

LATE MONDAY

YAKIMA 18-2, HANFORD 10-9: At Parker Field, Tyler Berman and Matt Summers combined for seven hits and seven RBI to help the Beetles win the CWL opener Monday night. Berman finished the day 6-for-9.

Game 1

Hanford    030    322     0    —    10    13    3

Yakima    514    305    x    —    18    18    3

French, Sanders (3), Saurveressic (6) and Beebe; Roddy and Lombardi.

Highlights: Tyler Berman 4-5, 2b, 4 RBI; Matt Summers 3-4, 3b, 3 RBI; Max Kovatch 2-4, 2 RBI.

Game 2

Hanford    011    311    2    —    9    5    2

Yakima    010    100    0    —    2    6    2

Manderbach and Beebe; Dasso and Oswalt.

Highlights: Tyler Berman 2-4.

Youth Baseball

West Valley Bees 7, Yakima Scarlets 6 (WV: Cody LaRivierre 2-2; Jacob Warner 1-3, RBI. Yak: Billy Hennessy 3-4, Avery Mottet 3-4, Scott Wilson 3b, 4 RBI).

Yakima Scarlets 11, West Valley Bees 9 (Yak: Bobby Salinas 2-4, Eric Sauve 2-4, 4 RBI, Sam Johnson 2-3. WV: Jim Nagle 2-4, 2b; Derek Thomason 2-4; Tyler Ueltschi 2-4, 3b; Bronson Collier 2-4).

Yakima Valley Peppers 19, Mount Spokane 2 (YV: Jake Evans 5 IP, 1 ER, 5 K; Derek Fife 2-4, 2b, 3 runs; Alex Fickes 1-2, 2b, 4 runs, 2 RBI; Kyle Fickes 2-2, 2 runs, 3 RBI; Stephan Schmidt 2-2, 2 2b, 3 RBI; Trent Douglass 3-4, 2b, 4 RBI).

Yakima Valley Peppers 13, Mount Spokane 3 (YV: Alex Fickes 5 IP, 5 hits, 3 ER, 6 K; Kyle Fickes 2-3, 2b, 3 runs, 3 RBI; Trent Lindemann 2-4, 2 runs, RBI; Al Noble 3-4, run, 3 RBI; Nate Hanson 1-2, 2 RBI).

Tri-City Badgers 7-5, Cadet Baseball Club 6-9 (CBC: Robert Case 4 hits, Josh Farnsworth 3 hits, Cody Reed 3 hits).

West Valley, La Salle 4th in Cup

Wells Fargo/WIAA Scholastic Cup
Final 2008-2009 standings
Points awarded for academics, sportsmanship and athletic performances throughout the school year.

Class 4A — 1, Mead 1,355; 2, Richland 1,185; 3, Skyview 725; 4, Rogers-Puyallup 715; 5, Newport 705. Locals: Eisenhower 65.
Class 3A — 1, Mercer Island 1,975; 2, Bellevue 1,125; 3, Lakeside 995; 4, West Valley-Yakima 965; 5, Columbia River 905. Locals: Sunnyside 95.
Class 2A — 1, Squalicum 1,345; 2, Archbishop Murphy 1,335; 3, Tumwater 1,215; 4, Pullman 1,185; 5, Burlington-Edison 1,055. Locals: 7, Selah 870; 13, Ellensburg 575; Prosser 275, East Valley 140, Toppenish 105, Grandview 75, Wapato 75.
Class 1A — 1, King’s 1,645; 2, Bellevue Christian 1,210; 3, Royal 1,165; 4, Lakeside 950; 5, Cascade Christian 845. Locals: Naches Valley 395, Zillah 300, Granger 135, Highland 135, Goldendale 105, Cle Elum 30, Mabton 25.
Class 2B — 1, Bear Creek 1,245; 2, Evergreen Lutheran 845; 3, Colfax 735; 4, La Salle 715; 5, Asotin 635. Locals: 12, Riverside Christian 465; Kittitas 215, White Swan 100, Lyle-Wishram 60.
Class 1B — 1, St. John-Endicott 855; 2, Mt. Rainier Lutheran 825; 3, Odessa 810; 4, Almira-Coulee-Hartline 695; 5, Cusick 635. Locals: 13, Bickleton 245; 17, Trout Lake-Glenwood 190; Thorp-Easton 155, Klickitat 145, Sunnyside Christian 115, Yakama Tribal 25.

Hey, marathoners: Remember Bruce Stobie?

YAKIMA, Wash. — A few months ago during some of the Herald-Republic’s advance coverage of the Yakima River Canyon Marathon, I did a feature story on Bruce Stobie, a former distance runner and ex-Central Washington University collegian who had been blinded in an automobile accident  a quarter-century ago.

His blindness not only didn’t prevent him from taking part in races like the Canyon Marathon — which he cruised in about 4:45, by the way — but also didn’t stop him from climbing mountains.

I got an e-mail today from Ron Fleck, his climbing mentor and one of the people I interviewed for that feature story. Ron had an update that I hope many of you will find interesting.

Last weekend, Ron, Bruce and another climbing student of Ron’s named Matt (he’s the guy at right in the photo) climbed Mount Adams. For Bruce, it’s a training climb: He plans to climb Mount Rainier with a guide service in a couple of weeks.

Here’s some of what Ron had to say.

Conditions were just about ideal for this outing. While not technically difficult (no crevasses, etc.) it is an endurance test as it requires an elevation gain of 6,600 ft (2 km) from the trail head to the summit. We camped Friday night at an elevation of 9,300 ft. and left our camp at 5:00 a.m. Sat. with ice ax and crampons, heading toward the summit on a snow slope that varied between 30 and 40 degrees. We arrived a bit over 4 hours later. For Bruce the descents are generally more difficult than the ascents but we managed that all with just a few minor slips. We were also able to glissade (slide on our butts) part of the snow slopes on the South face. The hardest part was probably the descent from camp to the car as we had to navigate some very slippery slopes and also descend some loose volcanic rock – a definite challenge, even for those who can see.

Kudos to Bruce and his climbing partners. I can attest from experience to the difficulty of negotiating that loose volcanic rock, and doing that without being able to see it would have to rate — to quote from a favorite movie of mine, “The Abyss” — a Sphincter Factor 10. And now Rainier? Now that, all you marathoners, is really going the distance.

– Scott Sandsberry

Fishing report for week of June 29

YAKIMA, Wash. — Jim Gallagher at the Yakima River Fly Shop in Cle Elum has sent in his latest Yakima River fishing report Tuesday morning for the upper Yakima. Here’s what he had to say for this week:

The Yakima River flows are moderate for this time of year at approximately 3,000 to 4,000 cubic feet per second. Much of the flow is coming from Lake Cle Elum to meet the irrigation needs of the lower Yakima valley. The water clarity has been very good. With the higher flows, the river has been best fished from a drift boat versus wade fishing the banks. The dry fly fishing has improved greatly this past week using large terrestrial and stone fly patterns. Beige and tan colors in about a size eight have worked well. Make sure the big dry flies are fished with a little movement to elicit a take. Basic nymphs such as prince nymphs and pheasant tails fished about six feet down have also produced takes. It appears summer fishing has taken hold of the Yakima.

Happy fishing.

– Scott Sandsberry

Bruntjen hits 2,100-mile mark on Tour Divide

The 2,780-mile route of trails and rugged roads that make up the Tour Divide mountain bike race aren’t exactly the Yellow Brick Road, but the “lions, tigers and bears” refrain isn’t far off.

Three-quarters of the way through the race, Eric Bruntjen’s checklist of beasts he has seen that would have sent Dorothy’s “Wizard of Oz” friends into a frenzy goes like this:

Lions. Check. (A cougar is a mountain lion, after all. He surprised one Sunday morning while barreling up a mountain pass in southern Colorado.)

Tigers. Not yet.

Bears. Check. Black and grizzly.

Oh my.

If you’ve been following Bruntjen’s progress online on the Herald-Republic’s “Out There” outdoors blog (sports yakima.com/out-there) or on the Tour

Divide site (tourdivide.org),

you already know why he’s doing it — to generate enough financial pledges to buy a specialized all-terrain wheelchair for injured Iraq war veteran Evan Mettie. You also know that that he has proven to be a far stronger competitor than perhaps even his staunchest supporters expected.

He is, after all, a 38-year-old information technology specialist from Yakima, who stands 6-foot-6 and weighs 225 pounds — not exactly the tale-of-the-tape one might expect for a guy competing against top endurance athletes from around the world.

The 42 riders in this year’s Tour Divide field came from England, Germany, Italy, Austria, Canada and all over the United States; 14 have already dropped out, felled by mechanical issues, injuries, logistical nightmares, day after day of terrible weather or a simple failure of will.

Not Bruntjen.

This morning he will begin his 19th day on the trail, having already ridden about 2,100 miles — across parts of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, across Montana,

Wyoming and Colorado. He spent most of Monday climbing and descending from passes in the San Juan Mountains of northern New Mexico.

Yes: He is in New Mexico. One state to go.

Over the last week, his journey has taken him to great highs and terrible lows.

On Thursday night, he rode into Kremmling, Colo., in a torrential downpour. Not only had a day of rain and deep must cost him his bicycle’s rear brake pads — which he’d just had put on hours earlier in Steamboat Springs — he found that a snap on his rear rack had broken and his tent, sleeping bags and his only dry clothes were gone. They had fallen out somewhere on the road.

But a night motel clerk pretty much said, “Hey, here’s my car key, why don’t you drive back the way you came and see if you can find your stuff?”

And, remarkably, he did.

Then, on Saturday, he was slammed by a huge thunderstorm that made him seek refuge. He ended up going several miles off the route to try to find somebody that would put him up, and finally he pounded on the door of a rancher who gave him a place to stay for the night.

“For 40 wet and moldy and muddy dollars,” Bruntjen recalled in one of his semi-regular call-ins to the Herald-Republic, “I got a room, no lights, no water, no heat but a working roof and what I swear to God was a horse-hair mattress. It just felt like heaven, though, compared to the weather at night.”

And the next day, he charged up and over four mountain passes, including Indiana Pass (elev. 11,910 feet). That night, when he pulled into the tiny town of Platoro, Colo., he pulled his bicycle up in front of the local bar — “It’s a one-bar town,” he noted — there were three people on the deck actually awaiting his arrival.

The bar patrons had been following the race on the Internet and knew he was getting close, and he was welcomed in like an arriving dignitary and asked to sign the leaderboard printout they had hanging on the wall.

And, of course, the reason Bruntjen is doing the trip is to generate enough per-mile pledges to tourdechair@gmail.com to be able to purchase that specialized wheelchair for Evan Mettie. (You can write a check to the “Evan Mettie Donation” fund at any U.S. Bank.) While heading up Boreas Pass in Colorado, he had a nice little experience that touched him.

He happened to come along alongside a mountain-biking couple heading up the same pass, and because they were friendly, he rode along with them for a while. On the climb, he told them about the race and what he was doing.

At the top of the pass, before Bruntjen left them behind, the couple handed him a $20 bill.

“That’s for Evan,” the man told him.

So is Eric Bruntjen’s ride.

Bears bitten late as Boise escapes in 10

BOISE, Idaho — Runs were difficult to come by for most of Monday’s Northwest League game between Yakima and Boise.

But after neither team mustered a run through the first nine innings, they combined for five runs in the 10th, ending in a 3-2 loss for the Bears at Memorial Stadium.

Yakima pinch-hitter Jorge Corniel tagged a two-out, two-run double down the right field line to score Brent Greer and Ryan Wheeler in the top of the 10th. But Boise’s Hak-Ju Lee hit a two-run double before Greg Rohan delivered the game-winner — an RBI single to center to score Lee.

Both teams used five pitchers on the night. Brad Gemberling started the game for Yakima (5-5), allowing three hits and two walks over four innings. Brian Budrow took the loss after pitching 21/3 innings of one-hit ball.

Tarlandus Mitchell started for Boise (3-7), going three innings and striking out six. Ryan Sontag earned the victory, allowing one hit and striking out two in one inning of work.

Hawks pitchers combined for 16 strikeouts, compared to the Bears’ four. Bears third baseman Matt Davidson had a rough night, going 0-for-5 with four strikeouts. Boise outhit Yakima, 8-6.

Greer led the Bears offense, going 2-for-3. Rohan was 3-for-5 for Boise, while Jose Valdez and Cliff Anderson recorded two hits apiece.

The series finale is at 5:30 tonight. Yakima returns home Wednesday to face Spokane.

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