Clark baseball win streak reaches 6

The Clark College baseball team increased its win streak to six games Saturday with a doubleheader sweep of Grays Harbor.

The Penguins (16-16, 7-7) posted NWAACC West Division wins of 4-1 and 2-0 at Kindsfather Field.

Tj Pruneda pitched a complete-game six-hitter in the opener, striking out four.

Grays Harbor scored first in the second inning, and Clark came right back with a three-run fourth. It added a run in the eighth.

Clark pitchers Kevin Hamann and Zach Prosser combined on a three-hitter in the second game victory.

Spencer Ramsey had the hot bat on the day, going 4 for 7 with two doubles and three RBI in the doubleheader.

Clark and Grays Harbor are scheduled to faceoff again Sunday at Aberdeen.

No. 6-ranked Lower Columbia swept a doubleheader from Clark, winning 16-0 and 15-4 at Tam O’ Shanter Park in Kelso.

Clark was held to three hits in the first game. LCC broke the game open with a 10-run third inning.

In the second game, Clark’s Chelsea Creech and Sarah Nidick each hit two-run home runs that had the game tied at 4-4 after two innings.

But again, it was a 10-run fourth that allowed LCC to limit the game to five innings with the mercy rule.

Clark (2-20, 0-12) is next scheduled to host No. 2-ranked Mt. Hood at 3 p.m. Wednesday.