Baker Junior Legion team makes short work of LG

Five Team Rudi pitchers allowed La Grande just three singles Tuesday in sweeping the visitors 15-2 and 12-0 in a Junior Legion baseball doubleheader at the Baker Sports Complex.

Kody Younger and Dustin Hull combined on a 1-hitter in the first game. Tyler Talbot, Dillon Blankenship and Anthony Shankle combined on a two-hitter in the second game.

“Tyler and Kody came in and threw really well. I think it was the first time either of those guys has pitched at this level.”

La Grande’s lone hit in the opener helped produce a 2-0 Baker deficit in the first inning.

Team Rudi answered in the bottom of the inning when Shankle slapped a two-run double to left and Alex Turner added a sacrifice fly for a 3-2 Baker lead.

Team Rudi added four runs in the second, three coming on a home run to left by Colten Richards. Shankle added an RBI single.

Sam Averett’s RBI single increased Team Rudi’s lead to 8-2 in the third.

The Diamondbacks then added seven runs in the fourth. Richards had a two-run double in the inning. Blankenship and Darren Dolby each added two-run singles. Younger drove in the other run when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

Richards finished with five RBIs. Shankle was 3-for-3 and Hull 2-for-2.

Team Rudi scored in every inning of Game 2.

Shankle’s two-run double, and  a Hull sacrifice fly helped the Diamondbacks take a 4-0 first-inning lead.

Another two-run double by Richards sparked another 4-run spurt in the second inning.

Blankenship added a run-scoring double, and Dolby an RBI single.

Team Rudi (2-2) now travels to Boise for a tournament Thursday through Sunday.

First game

La Grande    2    0    0    0    0    —    2

Team Rudi    3    4    1    7    x    —    15

Younger, Hull (4) and Richards. WP – Younger.

Team Rudi hits – Shankle 3, Richards 2, Hull 2, Younger, Parry, Averett, Dolby, Blankenship.

Team Rudi RBI – Shankle 3, Turner, Richards 5, Younger, Averett, Dolby 2, Blankenship 2.

2B – Shankle, Richards, Hull. 3B – Hull. HR – Richards.

Second game

La Grande    0    0    0    0    0    —    0

Team Rudi    4    4    2    2    x    —    12

Talbot, Blankenship (3), Shankle (5) and Richards. WP – Talbot.

Team Rudi hits – Shankle, Averett, Younger, Dolby, Blankenship, Richards.

Team Rudi RBI – Hull, Shankle 2, Richards 2, Dolby, Blankenship.

2B – Shankle, Richards, Blankenship.