Diamondbacks sweep Burns

The Team Rudi Diamondbacks pulled out the long-ball bats Tuesday in an American Legion baseball doubleheader with Burns.

The Diamondbacks hammered 32 hits, including 19 extra-base hits, in sweeping the twinbill 14-4 and 20-1. Both games lasted just five innings.

In the opener, Team Rudi spotted Burns a 4-0 lead through the top of the second inning. Then the Diamondbacks took over.

Will Barr opened the bottom of the second by walking and advanced to second when the pitch got by the Burns catcher. Barr then scored on a double by Colten Richards.

Richards scored on another double by Coleman Lay. Then back-to-back RBI singles by Justin Durflinger and Sam Averett lifted Team Rudi into a 4-4 tie.

Durflinger’s RBI single and a wild pitch with Ty Everson on third scored two Team Rudi runs in the third to go up 6-4.

Trevor Freese and Everson added RBI hits in the fourth. Freese added a two-home run, Durflinger an RBI triple, Averett an RBI single, and Darren Dolby an RBI grounder in a six-run fifth. Freese’s homer ended the game by 10-run rule.

Averett picked up the win in relief of Freese on the mound.

For all the offense the Diamondbacks mustered in the first game, they managed even more in the first inning of the nightcap.

Team Rudi sent 14 batters to the plate, scoring 11 runs on nine hits. The Diamondbacks had four homers in the inning — three-run homers by Everson and Durflinger, and two-run homers by Freese and Barr. Richards added an RBI single.

Two-run doubles by Freese and Richards, an RBI double by Barr and a run-scoring single by Everson boosted Team Rudi’s lead to 17-1 after two innings.

Averett added an RBI single in the third. Lay’s two-run double in the fourth completed the Diamondbacks’ scoring.

Freese and Everson each finished the game 4-for-4 with four RBIs. Richards and Averett each finished 3-for-4. Barr, Lay and Durflinger each finished 2-for-3.

Dillon Blankenship picked up the win on the mound with relief help from Richards.

The Diamondbacks (14-4) travel to Boise for a tournament Thursday through Sunday.

First game

Burns    1    3    0    0    0    —    4

Team Rudi    0    4    2    2    6    —    14

Freese, Averett (3) and Richards. WP – Averett.

Team Rudi hits – Richards 3, Lay, Durflinger 3, Averett 2, Freese 2, Everson.

Team Rudi RBI – Richards, Lay, Durflinger 3, Averett 2, Freese 3, Everson, Dolby.

2B – Richards 3, Lay, Freese. 3B – Durflinger. HR – Freese.

Second game

Burns    1    0    0    0    0    —    1

Team Rudi    11    6    1    2    x    —    20

Blankenship, Richards (4) and Richards, Barr (4). WP – Blankenship.

Team Rudi hits – Freese 4, Everson 4, Richards 3, Lay 2, Durflinger 2, Averett 3, Barr 2.

Team Rudi RBI – Freese 4, Everson 4, Richards 3, Lay 2, Durflinger 3, Averett, Barr 3.

2B – Freese 2, Everson, Richards, Lay, Averett, Barr. 3B – Durflinger. HR – Freese, Everson, Durflinger, Barr.