Prep Highlights: Hudson’s Bay baseball goes extra innings to win pitchers duel

Alex Haloulos Younts singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth as Hudson’s Bay baseball went extra innings to beat Hockinson 3-1 on Wednesday.

Pitching ruled for most of the 2A Greater St. Helens League contest. Braeden Bellus threw a gem for Hockinson, striking out 10 and allowing four hits and one walk over eight innings.

Hudson’s Bay got a stellar pitching effort from Elias Estrada, who came on in relief in the third inning. He pitched seven shutout innings, striking out six and allowing two hits and one walk.

In the ninth, Chanz Flores and Sebastian Laddusaw singled to load the bases after Cameron Nicklas led off with a walk. Laddusaw, who went 3 for 4, added an insurance run by scoring on Caleb Toivonen’s sacrifice fly.

Stars of the day

• Max Fraser, Camas baseball, pitched a complete game, allowing three hits, one walk and striking out 15 in a 5-0 win over Kelso.
• Ashkon Rafahi-Shirpak, Battle Ground baseball, went 3 for 3 with a double and two runs scored in a 7-4 loss to Beaverton, Ore.
• Stephen Hammergren, Mark Morris baseball, went 3 for 3 with four RBI, a home run and a double in a 11-1 win over Fort Vancouver.
• Zoey Hughes, Battle Ground softball, went 2 for 4 with a home run, double and two RBI in a 11-1 win over Evergreen. She also pitched five innings, striking out 10 and walking none.
• Zach Ziebell, Columbia River baseball, allowed four hits and one walk over seven innings, striking out six in a 10-1 win over R.A. Long.
• Lainey Phillips, Skyview softball, went 3 for 4 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored in a 16-5 win over Kelso.
• Jade Hayslip, Prairie softball, hit a three-run home run and had four RBI in a 12-2 win over Mountain View.
• Diego Bejar, Evergreen boys soccer, scored in the first half, the only goal in a 1-0 win over Mountain View.
• Lauren Baker, La Center softball, went 4 for 5 with two doubles in a 12-8 loss to Napavine.
• Lucas Witthauer, Skyview boys soccer, scored two goals in a 4-0 win over Kelso.