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Britton helps Panthers split with Mazama

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KLAMATH FALLS — Max Britton eventually hit a rough patch, but only after the South Medford senior pitcher flirted with a no-hitter in the opening game of Saturday's doubleheader against Mazama.

Britton sat down Mazama's lineup in order until the fifth inning, when he gave up four runs — two earned — on all three Mazama hits in the Panthers' 10-4 triumph.

The Vikings rallied to win the nightcap, 9-5, at Steen Sports Complex.

Britton went the distance in Game 1, striking out five with two walks.

The Panthers (5-4) rolled up five runs in the first inning after getting a two-run triple from Jordan Lundgren and a two-run double from Ryan Wellock. Josh Havird began the surge with an RBI double.

Isaac Rolie went 2-for-3 with three RBIs for the Panthers, while Wellock and Steven Lines were 2-for-4.

In the nightcap, Mazama's Andrew McDaniel was 3-for-3 with three runs and three RBIs. He was 5-for-7 with four runs and four RBIs overall.

Brandon Dollarhide had three of the Panthers' six hits.

FIRST GAME

South Medford 521 002 0 — 10 10 1

Mazama 000 040 0 — 4 3 3

Britton and Fitzsimmons; Beckman, Smith (3), Robinson (5) and Reinhard. W — Britton (3-0). L — Beckman. 2B — SM: Havird, Rolie, Lines. 3B — SM: Lundgren.

SECOND GAME

South Medford 101 020 1 — 5 6 1

Mazama 140 400 x — 9 12 4

Havird, Lundgren (4) and Reordan; Howard, Bocchi (5) and Reinhard. W — Howard. L — Havird. 2B — M: Bocchi, McDaniel, Beckman. 3B — M: Bocchi.

NORTH MEDFORD 5, SPRINGFIELD 3 — At Springfield, North Medford pitcher Brady Shipley allowed three runs in the first inning then settled down to blank Springfield (6-3) the rest of the way.

Shipley (3-1) gave up a three-run homer to John Dougherty in the first. The Black Tornado junior struck out 11 and walked four. Shipley also had two hits and scored twice.

Hayden Wolfe went 3-for-4 with one RBI to spark the North attack. Jordan Ellis added two hits, one RBI and one run and junior Michael Paxton drove in three runs with two walks and a sacrifice fly.

Paxton's sacrifice fly tied the game 3-all in the fourth. Then Ellis doubled and Wolfe singled home the go-ahead run in the inning.

North Medford (8-1) received nine walks but hit into three double plays.

North Medford 020 200 1 — 5 9 1

Springfield 300 000 0 — 3 5 1

Shipley and Sowers; Bates, Navarro (5) and Dougherty. W — Shipley (3-1). L — Bates. 2B — NM: Shipley 2, Ellis. HR — S: Dougherty.

GRANTS PASS 15-10, DEL NORTE 1-3 — At Crescent City, Calif., Brandon Drury's three-run home run in the first inning of Game 1 capped an 11-run frame for Grants Pass, which swept the nonconference twin bill.

Drury went 3-for-3 with five RBIs in the opener, and right-hander Derek Stewart allowed just one run on six hits through five innings.

Justin Hood added a three-hit, two-RBI effort for the Cavemen (7-4), while Jordy Romick and Levi Darling each collected a pair of hits and two RBIs.

Fueled by Hood's two-run single, the Cavemen were able to put up six runs in the seventh inning of Game 2 and pull away.

FIRST GAME

Grants Pass (11)01 21 — 15 18 2

Del Norte 000 01 — 1 6 1

Stewart and Brown, Darling (3); Stacey, Higgerson (4) and McClaflin. W — Stewart. (2-1). L — Stacey. 2B — GP: Romick, Miller, Drury, Beaumont, Darling. 3B — GP: Darling. HR — GP: Drury, Hood.

SECOND GAME

Grants Pass 301 000 6 — 10 9 0

Del Norte 000 200 1 — 3 9 5

Dean, Madrigal (3), Spencer (4) and Brown; O'Reilley, Bruder (5), Lessina (6) and McClaflin. W — Spencer (2-1). L — O'Reilley. 2B — GP: Hood. 3B — GP: Miller.

PHOENIX 5-11, SOUTH UMPQUA 1-8 — At Talent, Justin Bohn collected six hits and stole four bases in the twin bill for Phoenix (7-4) at Hagler-James Park.

In the opener, Bohn went 3-for-4, including a two-run single to highlight the Pirates' four-run fourth inning.

Phoenix pitcher Jordan Decker fired a three-hitter with seven strikeouts in Game 1. South Umpqua's lone run was unearned.

In Game 2, Skyler Reagan paced Phoenix with two hits and three RBIs and Kyle Henrickson added two hits.

FIRST GAME

South Umpqua 010 000 0 — 1 3 3

Phoenix 100 400 x — 5 6 1

Marsh and Cupp; Decker and Kauffman. W — Decker (3-1). L — Marsh.

SECOND GAME

South Umpqua 021 020 3 — 8 9 3

Phoenix 151 220 x — 11 11 2

Kennedy, Nichols (6) and Cupp; Bohn, Treadway (6) and Kauffman. W — Bohn (3-0). L — Kennedy. 2B — SU: Long; P: Reagan, Kauffman. HR — SU: Smedley.

District 2

NORTH LAKE 15-4, BUTTE FALLS 5-11 — At Prospect, Josh McGonagle smacked a three-run homer in the second game as Butte Falls salvaged a split.

In Game 2, Butte Falls (1-5, 1-1 Dist. 2) received two hits each from Quentin Weaver, Josh Sutfin, Harley Casillas and Travis Eller.

Dakota Gordon tossed a complete game and had three hits for North Lake in the opener.

Cody Myers had two hits for the Loggers and McGonagle stole three bases.

FIRST GAME

North Lake 265 20 — 15 5 2

Butte Falls 121 01 — 5 5 4

Gordon and Short; Myers and Casillas. W — Gordon. L — Myers. 2B — NL: Gordon; BF: Casillas, Eller.

SECOND GAME

North Lake 000 120 1 — 4 5 3

Butte Falls 613 100 x — 11 8 0

Fivecoat and Short; Adams and Myers. W — Adams. L — Fivecoat. 2B — NL: Dowell, McCord; BF: Casillas. 3B — BF: Weaver, Casillas. HR — BF: McGonagle.