Newport nine open strong

RITZVILLE — The Newport Grizzlies baseball team won both games of a doubleheader with Lind-Ritzville-Sprague Saturday, March 21, taking the first game 16-12 and the second 15-0.

The game was 10-10 after four innings, with Newport tying the game with a six run fourth inning after LRS took a 6-3 first inning lead. The teams played a scoreless fifth inning, Newport got a run in the sixth and extended the lead with a 6 run seventh inning. LRS scored two in the bottom of the inning but couldn’t close the gap.

“We used five different pitchers in order to get the W,” Newport coach Thad Trepanier says. Gavin Estrada pitched the first three innings, Landon Durant pitched the fourth, Kole Keogh pitched the fifth, Carter Brandtner pitched the sixth and Danner Clarke pitched the seventh.

Senior Jordan Baumbach got four hits for Newport, including a double. He went 4-for-5 at bat, with four RBIs. Kole Keogh and Nate Shaw also hit doubles. Brad Martin got four hits and Shaw and Keogh each got two hits.

In the second game, Newport cruised to a 15-0 five inning win, with the game stopped because of the 10-run rule in which a game is called after five innings if a team is ahead by 10 or more.

Martin pitched a no-hitter, which included eight strikeouts and a walk in 53 pitches. He also went 3-for-3 at bat, with two RBIs. Keogh went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs.

Newport went to Northwest Christian Tuesday, March 24, with Northwest Christian coming to Newport for a doubleheader Saturday, March 28 with the first game at noon.

The Grizzlies go to Kettle Falls for another doubleheader, Tuesday, March 31, with the first game starting at 2 p.m.