Local Report: Beetles win at Firecracker

YAKIMA, Wash. — Will Scott and Jens Jensen had two RBI each and Bobby Clements pitched a complete game to lift the Yakima Pepsi Beetles to a 5-0 victory over the Clark County Coyotes on the opening day of the Firecracker Tournament on Thursday at Parker Field.

The Beetles (18-19-1) scored all of their runs in the fifth inning.

Jackson Marquis and Markus McClurkin each had had two hits for the tournament hosts.

In other games, Puget Sound Roxx — the tournament’s defending champion — beat the Washington Brewers 13-3; Seattle Select defeated Power Alley 7-3 and Bellevue Honda knocked off the Spokane Heat 9-1.

Tournament play is scheduled to continue today, with the Beetles facing Spokane at 7 p.m.

Clark County    000    000    0    —    0    7    1
Yakima               000    050    x    —    5    8    2
Speier and Preuss; Clements and Reyes.
Highlights: Jackson Marquis (Y) 2-4; Markus McClurkin (Y) 2-3, 2b; Will Scott (Y) 1-3, 2b, 2 RBI; Jens Jensen (Y) 1-2, HR, 2 RBI; Bobby Clements (Y) CG, 2 Ks.

Yakima Valley falls to hosts

RENO, Nev. — A three-run first inning wasn’t enough for the Yakima Valley Pepsi Pak as they lost to the Reno Knights 5-3 at the Josh Anderson Memorial Tournament on Thursday night.

Trent Douglass had a two-run single and Garrett Olson knocked in the other run to lead the Pak (17-10).

Cory Urquhart was 3-for-3 with a double and a run scored; Tyler Galloway had the Pak’s other hit.

Tournament play continues today when Yakima Valley faces Petaluma, Calif., at 3 p.m.

Yakima Valley    300    000    0    —    3    6    2
Reno                       110    030    x    —    5    9    1
Hinton and Snider; Borsum, Kirsch (6) and Walters.
Yakima Valley highlights: Urquhart 3-3, 2b, run; Garrett Olson 1-1, RBI; Trent Douglass 1-3, 2-run single; Tyler Galloway 1-3.

Twin City sweeps Beetles

Marcus McClurkin scored three times in the opener, and had two hits and a double in the nightcap, but the Beetles were swept by the Twin City Titans 20-10 and 10-7 in a Central Washington League Senior Legion doubleheader that ended late Wednesday night at Parker Field.

First-place Twin City swept back-to-back doubleheaders from Yakima to improve to 9-3 in league. Yakima fell to 8-6 in league and 17-19-1 overall.

Game 1

Twin City    040    165    4    —    20    23    0
Yakima         140    201    2    —    10    8    3
Briggs, Minnich (4) and Turner; Reyes, Hartwig (2), Lybeck (6) and Lombardi.
Highlights: Will Scott (Y) 2-4, 2 RBI; Marcus McClurkin (Y) 1-2, 3 runs.

Game 2

Twin City    403    210    0    —    10    13    3
Yakima         130    000    3    —    7    7    1
Anderson, Rapacz (6), Drury (7) and Wolf; Woodkey, Jensen (5) and Reyes, Lombardi (7).
Highlights: Marcus McClurkin (Y) 2-4, 2b.

YOUTH BASEBALL

At Lewiston, Idaho

Junior Beetles 13, Prairie Zephyrs 4 (JB: Eric Sauve 3-6, 3 RBI; Scotty Wilson 2-3, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Trevor Anderson 2-4, 2 RBI; Avery Motte 2-4.)

Big Bang Tournament At West Valley

West Valley Bees 4, Cadet Baseball Club 2 (WV: Kevin Schwartz 1-2; Stephen Greco 1-3, 2 RBI; Cory Loye 1-3, RBI; Jacob Warner CG, 8 ks. C: Josh Vickers RBI; Mitchell Higdon 2 hits; Ryan Griffith 2 hits; Anthony Davido 6 Ks).
Rookie Beetles 8, Anderson-Hay 4 (RB: Will Packard 2-3; Landon Messmore 1-3, 2b; Parker Stohr 1-3, RBI; Kevin Smith 6 IP.)

ADULT FASTPITCH

Jones, Steele lift Eagles

Shane Jones went 4-for-4 with two RBI, while Trent Steele was 2-for-3 with an RBI to lead Yakima Eagles past Yakima Craft Brewing 9-1 on Thursday at Kiwanis Park.

Tony Cox led Yakima Craft Brewing, going 2-for-3 with an RBI.

Late Wednesday, Mark Seward threw a complete game and also homered and drove in two runs to lead Yakima Craft Brewing to a 6-3 victory over Action Towing.

Also Wednesday, JRW & Associates got three RBI from Jason Grow in a 12-5 victory over Old Town Pump-Peak Performance.

Yakima Eagles 9, Yakima Craft Brewing 1

Yakima Eagles                       202    302    —    9    14    0
Yakima Craft Brewing        001    000    —    1    4    5
Sam Carr and Matt Ward; Mark Seward and Tim Newman
Highlights: Shane Jones (YE) 4-4, 2 RBI; Trent Steele (YE) 2-3, RBI; Tyler Berman (YE) 2-4, RBI, 3b; Tony Cox (YCB) 2-3, RBI.

LATE WEDNESDAY

JRW & Associates 12, Old Town Pump-Peak Performance 5

OTP-PP                              221    000    —    5    6    2
JRW & Associates        604    002    —    12    17    1
Harris and Cawley-Murphree; Hite and Grow.
Highlights: Bobby Harris (OTP) 1-3, HR, RBI; Darcy Fickel (OTP) 2-3; Eric Hanson (OTP) 1-4, RBI; Jason Grow (JRW) 2-3, 3b, 3 RBI; Ken Hite (JRW) 2-4, RBI; Troy Grow (JRW) 2-3, RBI.

Yakima Craft Brewing 6, Action Towing 3

Yak. Craft Brew.    220    101    0    —    6    13    2
Action Towing        000    002    1    —    3    5    0
Seward and Ward; Reid and Rousseau.
Highlights: Mark Seward (YCB) 2-3, HR, 2 RBI; Carlos Gonzalez (YCB) 2-3, 2b, 2 RBI; Tony Cox (YCB) 2-4; Brandon Campbell (YCB) 2-3, 2b, RBI; Rogan Rousseau (AT) 1-3, 2b, RBI.