Yakima Edges Eugene, 4-3

Justin Baum hit a solo homer and lifted a sacrifice fly for the Emeralds.

Salem-News.com SPORTS

YAKIMA, Wash. - Miguel Rodriguez ripped a walk-off double in the ninth inning to lift Yakima over Eugene, 4-3, on Saturday.

Joseph Batten walked with one out in the ninth and advanced on Andrew Beshenich's groundout.

Rodriguez delivered his third two-bagger of the season to plate the winning run.

Aaron Hanke belted a two-run homer, his third, in the second and scored twice for the Bears (13-19), who got an RBI double from Konrad Schmidt.

Yakima's Daniel Vasquez (2-1) surrendered a hit and a walk while fanning two over 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the win.

Starter Joshua Collmenter allowed two runs and six hits with three strikeouts in six frames.

Justin Baum hit a solo homer and lifted a sacrifice fly for the Emeralds (20-12).

Danny Payne delivered a game-tying single in the top of the eighth for the Emeralds (20-12).

Eugene reliever Robert Woodard (2-1) allowed a run on a hit and a walk with one strikeout in 1 1/3 innings. S

Starter Jeremy Hefner surrendered three runs on four hits and two walks while fanning four in four frames.

Story by: Michael Avallone

Courtesy: MLB.com

Adding comments to these stories has been disabled. View the current sports stories Salem-News Sports