McGrorty No-Hitter Leads Linn-Benton to Sweep of Clackamas
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Linn-Benton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
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Clackamas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Linn-Benton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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Clackamas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
ALBANY, Ore. - The Linn-Benton baseball team had standout performances from their pitching staff in a pair of victories against Clackamas Community College. The games were originally scheduled to be hosted by Clackamas, but were moved to Dick McClain Field, where Linn-Benton (12-2, 4-2 NWAC South) were the designated visitors and Clackamas (3-4, 2-2 NWAC South) the designated home team.
Game 1: The Cougars would get on the scoreboard first, scoring a run in the bottom of the third inning to take a 1-0 lead. Linn-Benton would respond in the top of the fifth inning as an RBI double for Aiden Hazen would score Chanz Flores to even the score 1-1, then a Noah Scharer double would score Hazen to give the Roadrunners the lead for good.
Boston Caron had an RBI single to score Jack Lussier in the eighth inning, followed by a Jackson Fera double to score Caron making the score 4-1. Linn-Benton picked up two more runs in the top of the ninth inning, as Scharer would reach base on an error, scoring Hazen. Starr would then reach on an error as well, scoring Scharer as the Roadrunners would win 6-1. Lane Simonsen earned the win with five strong innings, while Dayne Castillo had a strong relief appearance earning the save.
Game 2: The second contest, scheduled for seven innings, featured a performance for the ages. Freshman pitcher Talon McGrorty would go the distance, pitching all seven innings for the Roadrunners allowing no hits and striking out seven batters.
The Roadrunners offense struggled to get on track, but in the top of the seventh inning Nick Biagi would hit a double and later advance to third on a defensive miscue. Mark Carpenter would hit an RBI single, scoring Biagi and giving Linn-Benton what would become the winning run. McGrorty would complete his no-hitter and after the final out shared a moment with twin brother Tyson McGrorty, who was the catcher for all seven innings of the contest.
Linn-Benton will next travel to Coos Bay to take on the Lakers of Southwestern Oregon Community College. Those games are scheduled for Sunday, March 8 with start times of 12:00PM and 3:00PM.