Three-hit game for Mountain View alum McCarthy as Raptors beat Kelowna

By Jeff Klein, Columbian sports staff

Published: June 8, 2022, 10:30pm

Raptor's Safea Mauai, right, takes a practice swing while Riley McCarthy is at bat during a game against the Walla Walla Sweets at Ridgefield Outdoor Recreation Complex on Friday, June 3, 2022. (Elayna Yussen for The Columbian)

The Ridgefield Raptors overcame an early 2-1 deficit to pull away from the Kelowna Falcons for a 6-2 West Coast League baseball victory on Wednesday night in British Columbia.

Mountain View High grad and University of Portland catcher Riley McCarthy was 3 for 5 with a double and RBI for the Raptors (4-1).

Eastyn Culp pitched the final five innings of shut out ball for the win. He allowed three hits and struck out three.

Ridgefield scored a run in the top of the first inning, and Kelowna answered with its two runs in the bottom of the first.

The Raptors pulled away with a run in the fifth and sixth and then a three-run seventh.

Safea Villaruz-Mauai’s sacrifice fly in the sixth inning scored Will Chambers for the tiebreaking run, putting Ridgefield ahead 3-2.

NEXT GAME: Ridgefield goes for the three-game sweep at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m. Thursday.

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