The Battle Ground baseball team improved to 5-0 with a pair of non-league wins on Saturday at Battle Ground.
The Tigers beat Bellevue 3-1 in the opener and finished with a 10-0 five-inning win against The Dalles (Ore.).
Zach Hauser pitched a complete-game three-hitting against Bellevue (2-6). He struck out 12 and walked one.
None of the runs in the game were scored as earned runs as the teams combined for eight errors.
Battle Ground broke a 1-1 tie by scoring twice in the fifth inning.
In the second game, the Tigers scored eight runs in the third inning to put away the Riverhawks (2-7).
Braeden Getch pitched the five-inning one-hitter with seven strikeouts and one walk. Carter and Jack Hotchkiss each had a two-run double. Getch also drove in three runs.
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