The third day of the Cascade Collegiate Conference 2025 tournament at Tourmaline West Stadium on the University of British Columbia campus. Lewis-Clark State won the championship.
#1 seed British Columbia 9, #3 Oregon Tech 6 (Oregon Tech eliminated). The Thunderbirds led 5-2 going into the bottom of the seventh inning. The Hustlin' Owls opened the inning by sending in Jacob Cook to pinch hit, and he was walked by Thunderbird starter Daniel Orfaly. Orfaly struck out the next batter, then walked Korrey Siracusa. He was relieved by James Brock. Brock hit Patrick Barry to load the bases. Tyler Horner then hit a two-RBI single. Julien Jones was hit by a pitch to load the bases again, and Logan Macy drew a walk to tie the game 5-5. It was one out, and the bases were loaded. Brock proceeded to strike out Keanu Mizuta and Ka'ala Tam to get out of the inning.
David Krahn opened the top of the eighth with a home run. The Owls brought in Kaden Melzer to pitch, and he hit Kyle Yip. Yip moved to second on a wild pitch, and to third on a ground out by Russell Young. He then scored the winning run on a failed pickoff attempt. Trent Lenihan then hit a ball to right field that was misplayed, and two runs scored to put the Thunderbirds ahead 9-5.
Barry made a good play at shortstop in the top of the ninth. Julien Jones hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the ninth to make it 9-6, but Brock got a strikeout, a ground out , and another strikeout to end the game.
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