Gavin Poffenroth and Martin Gilton each hit a three-run home run in Skyview’s seven-run fourth inning as the Storm pulled away from Mountain View 10-4 in a non-league game Friday.
Both game-breaking home runs came with two outs in the inning.
Mountain View (3-6) had tied the game at 3-3 in the third inning after trailing 3-1. The two Thunder runs scored on a passed ball and a sacrifice fly by JJ Thompson.
Skyview’s Jack Santic doubled with one out in the fourth and scored on an error to put the Storm (5-4) back on top.
Then Poffenroth and Gilton added on with their homers.
Stars of the day
- Derek Tarnoski, King’s Way Christian baseball, pitched three no-hit innings with three strikeouts and was 2 for 2 at the plate with an RBI in the Knights’ 4-3 loss to University Prep in Seattle.
- Nate Merritt, Prairie baseball, went 4 for 4 with a double and two RBI in the Falcons’ 6-5 loss to Peninsula.
- Chris Parkin, Columbia River baseball, struck out the side in the seventh inning with two runners on base to help preserve the Rapids’ 5-2 win over Barlow (Ore.). He was also 2 for 3 with a double and a run scored.
- Faizah Ford, Battle Ground girls track & field, placed second out of 33 competitors in the long jump with a personal-best mark of 16 feet, 10 inches and was second out of 28 in the triple jump with a mark of 34-5 at the Chehalem Classic in Newberg, Ore.
