Prep Baseball Roundup

Collins added a two-run double in the fourth and finished the day 2 for 4.

Nick Reeves and Kyle Reeves each scored two runs and drove in a run, and Greg Tellez went 4 for 5 for the Bruins, who collected a season-high 14 hits off three Goldendale pitchers.

Columbia starter Taylor Champion, for his part, was largely unhittable. The right-hander made his season record 2-0 by throwing five shutout innings of two-hit ball and striking out nine.

The Bruins, who never trailed, scratched out two runs in the top of the first off losing pitcher Taylor Moss.

Columbia's runs in its first at-bat came on a fielder's choice grounder by Tellez and an RBI single by Kyle Reeves, who was 2 for 5 overall.

CHS also got a run in the second on a run-scoring double by Champion, and in the fifth when Nick Reeves was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

Austin Krentz contributed two hits in four at-bats, scored a run and was 2 for 2 in stolen base attempts.

Coming up:

The Bruins (3-1) host the Timberwolves this Thursday at Hecomovich Field for a make-up game that begins at 4 p.m. It will be Columbia's final game before the start of spring break.

Probable pitchers for the rematch are CHS right-hander Jared McDonald and Goldendale southpaw Nick Dohrman, who struck out five Bruins on March 20 in two innings of mop-up work.

Lyle 4-15, at Sunnyside Christian 1-10:

The Cougars got strong pitching from starters Cord Cothren and Mike Eiesland last Friday to win their first Greater Columbia B League games of the 2007 season.

Cothren "was dominating" in the first game, according to Cougars Coach Scott Myers.

Lyle's ace allowed three hits, struck out 14 and didn't walk a batter in a complete-game, seven-inning performance.

At the plate, Eiesland had two of Lyle's four hits--one a double--and drove in two runs.

In the second game, Eiesland scattered eight hits, fanned five and left after six innings with a nine-run lead.

Seven Cougars had at least one hit and six drove in at least one run in support of Eiesland and relievers Mike Murphy and Brady Huffman.

Most of the damage was done by Tyler Wells (3/4, double, 3 RBIs), Cothren (3/4, double, 2 RBIs) and Ty Freemantle (1/3, 2 RBIs).

At Trout Lake/Glenwood 3, Klickitat 0:

Kris Wood struck out 17 and threw a two-hit shutout last Saturday in the first game of a scheduled GCB double-header.

The second game between the Eagles and the Vandals was rained out and will be made up at a later date.

Dufur, Ore. 6-11, at Lyle 2-1:

The Cougars mustered just eight hits (four and four) during their March 21 non-league double-header against the Rangers.

Lyle led the first game 2-0 but lost the lead when Dufur scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning off losing pitcher Cord Cothren.

The second game ended after five innings as the Rangers built an 11-0 lead through four.

Cothren went 2 for 4 for the Cougars in the opener, while Ty Freemantle was 2 for 2 in the nightcap.