LEWISTON, Idaho – The Lewis-Clark State baseball team beat the rain in game one of the scheduled doubleheader, but was forced to postpone game three of the series until Sunday. Led by four hits from Thomas Lampkin Jr. and four RBI from Darren Trainor, the Warriors defeated the College of Idaho 11-5. LC totaled four home runs in the contest.
 
Justin Hammergren had a strong start on the mound for LC, holding the Yotes hitless through four innings.
 
"Hammergren gave us a great start and held College of Idaho in check," coach Jake Taylor said. "Offensively we did some damage early in the game with two-out base hits."
 
Lampkin Jr. wasted no time getting things started in the bottom of the first. The senior drove the first pitch he saw down the left field line for a lead-off double before Trainor knocked him in with a double off the wall in left center.
 
After Hammergren struck out the side in the top of the third, the Warriors got back to work at the plate and added three runs to their lead.  A.J. Davis and Trainor notched back-to-back singles, and Davis scored on a single by Riley Way. After Way stole second, Kyle Callahan sent a ball over the wall in right center to grow the advantage to 4-0.
 
A quick 1-2-3 top of the fourth brought LC back to plate. Lampkin shot a single through the left side and took second on a wild pitch. Davis reached on a hit-by-pitch before Trainor sent a ball into orbit, clearing the upper set of signs on the left field wall.
 
Hammergren held the College of Idaho hitless through his first four innings before surrendering a hit and a run in the top of the fifth. He closed out his day after the fifth, tallying six strikeouts, two walks and one hit.
 
In the Warriors' half of the fifth the bats came alive yet again. Callahan singled to and stole second before Kody Garvin sent a two-run shot over the fence in right center. A double by Lampkin Jr. knocked in Caden Goldby, and LC led 10-1 after five.
 
Rian Bassett took over on the mound in the sixth inning and allowed three runs before being lifted for Greg Blackman.
 
Jesus Duran launched his first home run of the season with a solo shot to left center in the bottom of the sixth. The Yotes scratched one more across in the eighth, but Blackman sat them down in order in the ninth to close out the game.
 
Lampkin Jr. led the team with four hits, while Trainor had three hits and four RBI. Hammergren earned his first win of the season after going five innings and allowing one run on one hit. He struck out six.
 
Trainor, Duran, Callahan and Garvin all went deep in the game. Trainor finished a triple shy of the cycle.
 
The Warriors will wrap up the series with the Yotes tomorrow in a doubleheader beginning at 11 a.m.