Roadrunners Baseball Split Again

The Linn-Benton Community College baseball team split a pair of games this past Tuesday with Clackamas CC.The split was the third straight for the Roadrunners, who kept their record at .500 for the season.

In the first game of the day LBCC lost to Clackamas 7-1. Clackamas outhit the Roadrunners 13-5 and dominated just about every aspect of the game en route to the victory over the home team. Sophomore Carl Beckert scored the lone run for LB, blasting a solo home-run in the fifth inning. Clackamas starting pitcher Marshall Crawford threw a five hit complete game to lead the Cougars.

The second game of the day had a very different result from the first. Linn-Benton raced out to a six run lead as they dismantled the Cougars 10-2. Sophomore Jordan Keeker led the Roadrunners to the win recording three hits, including two doubles, and starting pitcher Travis Iverson held Clackamas to just one run in four innings of work while picking up the win.

By going 1-1 on the day LB moved to 9-9 overall and 3-3 in the South Region of the NWAACC. They also stayed within striking distance of first-place Lane CC, by moving just one game back of the division leader.

Starter Sam Paterson winds up to deliver a pitch in the first
game of the day against Clackamas 4/5/2011