State AA Legion tourney: Lewis-Clark earns berth in title game

| July 31, 2015 9:00 PM

COEUR d'ALENE - It was another crazy day at the Idaho American Legion baseball AA state tournament at Thorco Field on Thursday.

Two out of the three games played resulted in walk-off hits.

The Boise Capitals and Nampa Chiefs won their loser-out games and the Lewis-Clark Twins beat the Meridian Rangers with a walk-off single. The Twins (31-22) are the remaining unbeaten team and will play the Chiefs (25-10) tonight at 7 p.m. and the Capitals (34-12) will play the Rangers (24-14) in a loser-out game today at 1 p.m. Win or lose tonight, Lewis-Clark is guaranteed a berth in Saturday's championship game.

Lewis-Clark Twins 3, Meridian Rangers 2: Dalton Stamper hit a game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning for Lewis-Clark. Jaden Phillips went 3 for 4 with two RBIs for the Twins and Austen Jones struck out six and retired 13 straight in one stretch.

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Nathan Pena, Tyler Rudd (9) and Talon Kreft; Logan Chase, Austen Jones (5) and Jessup Scott. W - Jones. L - Pena.

HITS: Mer - Borton, Simons, Staggs, Kreft. L-C - White, Tibbits, Jones, Phillips 3, Stamper. 2B - Tibbits.

Boise Capitals 6, Boise Gems 4: Capitals centerfielder Brad Jekich hit a walk-off, two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning in a loser-out game. The Gems finished 26-18.

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Jake Engelson, Trey Steffler (6), Ayden Callahan (8) and Travis Grant; David Litzenberger, Colbi Paul (7) and Hunter Weindel. W - Paul. L - Callahan.

HITS: Gems - Harris, Kim, Steffler 2, Price 2, Engelson. Capitals - B. Jekich, Weindel 3, Poulson, N. Jekich 3, Roberts 2. 2B - Kim, Steffler, Engelson, Weindel, N. Jekich 2, Roberts. HR - Harris, B. Jekich, Poulson.

Nampa Chiefs 10, Twin Falls Cowboys 5: Nampa's Domenic Hammudeh went 3 for 4 with two doubles and a home run. Twin Falls finished 35-19.

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Carlos Levi, Paul Gourley (7) and Braydon Torres-Moore; Bryson Wolters, RJ Scovel (2), Casey Hoggarth (3) and Stutzman. W - Levi. L - Scovel.

HITS: Nampa - Dunn, Penrod, Hammudeh 3, Vickers 2, Harris, Hibbard, Coon. TF - Jund, Van Ostran, Stutzman 2, Brann, Hoggarth, Kent, Farr, Hatfield. 2B - Hammudeh 2, Coon, Van Ostran, Brann. HR - Hammudeh.