Mariners rally past Anacortes

Mission Valley scored three runs in the bottom half of the seventh inning, the final one with two outs, to slip past Anacortes, Wash., 4-3 Saturday afternoon and stay undefeated at the John R. Harp Tournament at Griffin and Archie roe fields.

Mission Valley (34-14) also stopped Mt. Spokane in a morning American Legion baseball contest on Saturday, 7-5.

Justin Evans scored the game-winning run for the Mariners against Anacortes on a fielding error in the outfield to cap off a exciting victory.

Tim Rausch finally put the Mariners on the scoreboard in the sixth inning with a solo home run to left field.

It was Rausch’s sixth round-tripper of the season.

Mission Valley had a chance to score earlier when Xavier Morigeau tripled in the fourth inning, but the Mariners failed to advance him.

Justin Evertz had Mission Valley’s other extra base hit — a double.

Kaileb Gillingham went 2 for 4 and drove in a run for the Mariners.

Mission Valley did all of its scoring in the first two innings to sink Mt. Spokane. That game was stopped after six innings because of the two-hour time limit for all tournament games.

The tournament ends today with three games at Griffin Field, starting at 10 a.m., and two games at Archie Roe Field, also starting at 10 a.m.

Ten teams are entered in the three-day event.

Anacortes    010    001    1    —    3    5    0

Mission Valley    000    001    3    —    4    7    0

Cory Campbell and Mark Medoha; Justin Evertz and Tim Rausch. W — Evertz (2 hits, 4 strikeouts, 1 walk), 1-1. L — Campbell.

ANACORTES — Campbell 0-3, Preston Madden 0-3, Medoha 1-2, Garrett Wilbur 0-3, Billy King 1-3, Faris Diemert 1-3, Cody Culp 0-3, Marcus Anstenson 1-3, Austin Eby 1-3.

MISSION VALLEY — Kaileb Gillingham 2-4, Tyler Linse 0-4, Rausch 1-3, Matt Detwiler 0-3, Xavier Morigeau 1-3, Derrick Rathe 1-3, Kyle Bagnell 1-2, Evertz 1-1, Justin Evans 0-2, Cory Hardy 0-3.

2B—Deimert; Evertz; 3B—Morigeau; HR—King, Rausch; RBIs—Medoha, King, Anstenson; Gillingham, Linse, Rausch.

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Mission Valley    340    000    —    7    6    0

Mt. Spokane    310    001    —    5    4    0

Morigeau and Gillingham; Corbin Walker, Ruport House (3) and Nate Spurbeck. W — Morigeau (6 hits, 7 strikeouts, 5 walks, 2 hit batters), 4-2. L — Walker.

MISSION VALLEY — Gillingham 1-4, Linse 0-3, Evans 0-3, Detwiler 1-3, Evertz 1-3, Bagnell 1-3, Rathe 0-3, Willie Wallace 1-2, Chris Alfiero 1-1.

MT. SPOKANE — Spurbeck 1-4, Riley Trotter 0-3, Dan Moore 1-3, Brandon Zoehring 0-3, House 0-2, Walker 1-3, Nick Whitehead 1-2, Max Trotter 0-1, Taylor Ziegler 0-2.

    2B—Walker, Whitehead; 3B—Alfiero; HR—Moore; RBIs—Gillingham, Detwiler, Evertz, Bagnell, Alfiero; Moore (3).