Team Rudi tops Pendleton, Badgers

The Diamondbacks used two RBIs each from Derek Blankenship and Matt Gorrell to defeat Pendleton 7-3 Saturday afternoon.

Team Rudi then used four RBIs from Trace Richardson, and three from Jesse Brown to stop previously-undefeated Winnemucca 11-1 under the lights.

Team Rudi 7, Pendleton 3

Blankenship’s RBI single scored Ty Everson to give Baker a 1-0 first-inning lead against Pendleton.

Gorrell’s two-run double, and an RBI single by Dekker Smith plated three runs in the third inning.

A two-run double by Stephen Talbot and a run-scoring double by Blankenship added three more runs in the fourth.

Smith pitched the first five innings for the Diamondbacks. Then, when three straight hits loaded the bases with none out in the sixth, Everson came on in relief.

Everson got the first batter he faced to ground into a double play. The next batter then grounded out to end the inning.

Pendleton    0    0    0    2    0    1    0    —    3

Team Rudi    1    0    3    3    0    0    x    —    7

James and Picard. Smith, Everson (6) and Gorrell. WP – Smith. LP – James. S – Everson.

Pendleton hits – Richards 2, Alger 2, Johnson, Livesay. Team Rudi hits – Blankenship 3, Smith, Gorrell, Talbot 2, Barr, Everson.

Pendleton RBI – Alderman. Team Rudi RBI – Blankenship 2, Smith, Gorrell 2, Talbot.

2B – Alger, Blankenship, Gorrell, Talbot, Barr.

Team Rudi 11, Winnemucca 1

Richardson’s RBI triple, and a two-run Brown double sparked a 6-run third inning against Winnemucca.

Richardson eventually stole home for another run, and two more runs scored on errors.

Richardson’s two-run single had given the Diamondbacks a 2-1 lead after two innings.

Brown added a sacrifice fly, and Coleman Lay an RBI single to increase Team Rudi’s lead to 10-1 in the fifth.

Then, with the bases loaded and one out in the sixth, Richardson lofted a sacrifice fly to center to end the game by 10-run rule.

Will Barr threw the complete-game win, allowing three hits while striking out six and walking two.

Winnemucca    0    1    0    0    0    0    —    1

Team Rudi    2    0    6    0    2    1    —    11

Billingsley, Kraft (5) and Hofland. Barr and Gorrell. WP – Barr. LP – Billingsley.

Winnemucca hits – Zumwalt, Pace, Moser. Team Rudi hits – Richardson 2, Talbot, Blankenship 2, Brown, Gorrell, Lay.

Team Rudi RBI – Richardson 4, Brown 3, Lay.

2B – Brown. 3B – Richardson.