Hustlers fall in away pitchers’ duel

Hustler Colin Noonan, front, slides under a tag to score during Friday's game against the Knights.

 Mark Gibson

About the only thing Wednesday’s Columbia Gorge Hustlers “AAA” game had in common with the ones the Legion team had played the day before is the fact that they took place on a baseball diamond.

While the Hustlers romped past the Vandals Tuesday in Irrigon, shutting the team down in five innings with double-digit hits in both halves of a doubleheader, Wednesday’s contest was a tightly controlled pitcher’s duel that didn’t go the Hustlers way against the Showtime at Battleground, Wash.