The Battle Ground baseball team wrapped up a postseason berth with a 4-3 win over Union on Monday.
Nicholas Muckensnabl drove in the winning run with a two-out double in the bottom of the seventh. That came after Union tied the game with a run in the top of the seventh.
With one game left, the win gives Battle Ground (6-5) a two-game cushion over Union (4-7) for the last of three postseason berths from the 4A Greater St. Helens League. The Tigers are one game behind second-place Camas.
The league’s No. 3 seed plays a bi-district play-in game Saturday against the No. 8 seed from the North Puget Sound League.
Tyler Russell struck out 10 over six innings for Battle Ground. Brett Joner went 3 for 4 with an RBI single that put the Tigers ahead 3-2 in the fourth inning.
Stars of the day
• Grant Francis, Mountain View baseball, went 4 for 4 with a double, home run and six RBI in the 12-7 win over Prairie.
• Connor Smith, Prairie baseball, was 3 for 3 with a double, home run and two RBI in the loss against Mountain View.
• Kellen Bringhurst, Ridgefield baseball, pitched six solid innings with eight strikeouts and went 2 for 3 at the plate with an RBI in the Spudders’ 8-1 win at Mark Morris.
• Yannie Li, Union girls tennis, won a third-set super tiebreaker at No. 3 singles as the Titans swept Heritage 6-0 to remain one game behind undefeated Camas in the 4A GSHL standings. Camas is at Union on Thursday.
• Kaia Oliver, Ridgefield softball, needed just 50 pitches to throw a five-inning perfect game in 10-0 win at Ridgefield. She struck out 11 batters and also hit a run-scoring double.
