Baseball: Dilly lifts Cashmere to title
May 30, 2010 by Roger Underwood
YAKIMA, Wash. — For Luke Dilly, it hurt so good.
The Cashmere senior had no sooner crossed home plate with the winning run Saturday when he was buried beneath jubilant teammates and coaches in celebration of the Bulldogs’ 5-4 win over Chimacum for the Class 1A state championship at Yakima County Stadium.
“I was at the very bottom of the pile and it hurt — it hurt bad,” Dilly said, smiling. “But I wouldn’t trade the feeling for anything.”
Dilly had homered in the fourth inning before leading off the bottom of the seventh with a double to left. After an intentional walk to Cooper Elliott, Nick Tarver singled to left-center to score Dilly.
After starting the game at shortstop, Dilly came on to pitch the final three innings to win the first state baseball title for Cashmere (21-3), a Class 1A basketball power in the 1970s.
“Scoring the winning run was the most exciting thing,” Dilly said, “even if it did hurt afterward.”
Dylan Brown had a two-run double in the fourth and Landon Cray and Devin Manix drove in runs in the top of the seventh to tie it for Chimacum (18-4), which won the championship in 2007.
Chimacum 000 200 2 — 4 6 1
Cashmere 000 121 1 — 5 9 1
McConnell and Manix; Johnson, L. Dilly (5) and McNair.
Highlights: Dylan Brown (Ch) 2-3, 2b, 2 RBI; Luke Dilly (Ca) 2-3, HR, RBI, 2 runs; Nick Tarver (Ca) 2-2, game-winning RBI.
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