LEWISTON, Idaho –
Kyle Callahan had himself quite the day in Sunday's doubleheader sweep against the College of Idaho. The senior from Hesperia, Calif. totaled three home runs between the two games to bring his weekend total to four. Solid pitching held the Yotes off the board in the game one 5-0 shutout win before the Warriors outlasted C of I 3-2 in 13 innings for their seventh walk-off win of the season.
"
Kyle Callahan had a good day today," coach
Jake Taylor said. "He's been getting better in the cages. He stayed behind a couple balls and got into them today."
"I just relaxed and that was the key," Callahan said.
GAME ONE: LCSC def. College of Idaho 5-1
The Warriors got on the board quickly with Callahan's first two-run shot of the day.
Darren Trainor got the offense going with a two-out infield single, before Callahan drove the ball over the wall in left center.
LC added to their lead in the fourth.
Riley Way was hit by a pitch and was awarded first base. He then stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error before scoring on a balk.
Starter
Gerald Hein's day came to a close after six scoreless innings. He struck out seven, allowed only two hits and did not walk a batter.
Andrew Najeeb-Brush took over in the top of the seventh and struck out a pair.
The Yotes threatened in the eighth, but a diving catch by
Thomas Lampkin Jr. in center got the Warriors out of the inning and kept College of Idaho off the board.
Callahan delivered again in the bottom of the eighth with his second two-run blast of the day, and third home run in two games.
A.J. Davis took first on a hit-by-pitch to put a runner on for Callahan's bomb to right.
Najeeb-Brush closed out the game in the ninth with the help of double play turned by Way, Davis and Callahan.
Callahan led the Warriors in game one with three hits and four RBI, thanks in part to two two-run home runs.
GAME TWO: LCSC def. College of Idaho 3-2 (13 innings)
It was the Yotes that struck first in game two of the day, putting up two runs in the top of the fourth.
The Warriors answered back in their half of the fourth with the hot bat of Callahan. The senior sent the first pitch he saw into the batting cages past the right field wall for his third home run of the day and fourth of the weekend.
The Warrior defense helped keep the Yotes from scoring again. Trainor ended the top of the seventh by cutting down a runner trying to take second.
Kody Garvin delivered the equalizer in the bottom of the ninth with a solo shot to right and the two teams remained tied 2-2 until the 13th inning.
Isaac Wersland worked a walk to begin the LC half of the inning and made his way to third on a single by Davis. Trainor flew out to foul territory in right and Wersland raced home as the winning run.
Davis, Way and
Jeff Bart each had two hits in the game.
The Warriors set a record with the number of pitchers used in a game with eight. A bullpen game from the start, the staff combined for 12 strikeouts led by
Jesse Parker with five.
Anthony Toribio pitched the final two innings to earn the win.
The Warriors set a program record with seven walk-off wins this season.
The Warriors will host their final regular-season home games on Wednesday against Corban. The doubleheader is set for noon.