CALDWELL, Idaho – For the second-straight day, The College of Idaho bats dominated the opener, while Eastern Oregon pitchers shined in the nightcap, as the Yotes and Mountaineers split a doubleheader at Wolfe Field.
Connor Root took a 3-hitter into the eighth inning and
Weston Miller drove in five runs in a 10-0 Coyote victory in Game 1, while Jaydon Yancey and Hunter Edwards limited C of I to just one run in Game 2, a 5-1 EOU win.
Root had his best outing of the season, retiring 12-of-13 batters at one stretch – allowing just one runner to reach third base – working into the eighth inning, tying a career-high with seven strikeouts.
The Yotes (11-12, 3-5 CCC) broke a scoreless tie in the fourth, as
Austin Van Horne smashed an RBI double off the center field wall and Miller followed with a run scoring triple.
Miller struck again in the sixth, roping a 2-out RBI single and had the big blast in a 6-run eighth inning rally, clearing the bases with a triple – as C of I ended the game due to the 10-run rule after
Caden Leiblein walked with the bases loaded.
Van Horne went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and Miller went 3-for-4, becoming the fifth player in program history to post two triples in one game (joining Scott Skeen,
Izaac Garsez, Kurt Alderman and Van Horne).
EOU (2-6, 2-2) salvaged the series split in Game 2, taking advantage of C of I errors in the first and third innings to plate unearned runs, staking themselves to a 3-0 lead.
The Yotes would score a run on a
Carter Vieira RBI fielders' choice in the fifth – but could not circle the bases again. Yancey would go seven innings, working around seven hits, while Edwards worked out of a bases loaded, one-out jam in the eighth to earn the save.
Vieira and
Dillon Danner each had two hits for C of I, with Blake Loftus rapping two doubles for the Mounties.
C of I hits the road next weekend for a 4-game series at Oregon Tech.
