The road to a berth in the state title game came to an end for the Ridgeview baseball team Tuesday evening in Springfield.
The third-seeded Ravens, the champions of the Intermountain Conference and winners of 24 games this spring, fell to No. 2 Thurston, the defending state champions, 7-3 in the Class 5A semifinals.
After falling behind three runs in the first inning, the Ravens clawed their way back into the game with runs in the second and third innings.
Senior Mason Scott hit a solo home run in the second inning to bring the Colts’ lead down to 3-1. Then in the third inning, with two runners on, junior Logan Nakamura singled home freshman Diego Lopez to make it a one-run game.
But that is as close as the Ravens would get to taking down the defending champions.
As soon as Ridgeview cut the lead to 3-2, Thurston responded with its second three-run inning of the game after Connor Molony hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the third inning.
Sophomore Aiden Scott singled home junior Olen Nofziger in the sixth inning to make it a 6-3 game.
No. 5 West Albany 7, No. 8 Summit 6
The Cinderella run that the Summit baseball team was on during the postseason came to an end with a 7-6 loss to West Albany on the road in the 5A semifinals on Tuesday.
And it came down to the final play.
With the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh inning and trailing by three runs, Summit junior Preston Sexson hit a double to left field. Two runners scored but the tying run was thrown out at home plate to end the game and end the season for the Storm (15-13).
The game was scoreless through the first three innings. West Albany struck first when a series of walks and errors led to the Bulldogs taking a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning. In the fifth inning, the Storm captured the lead when junior Slater de Brun drove home a run with a double, which was immediately followed by a two-run home run by junior Alex Via.
But in the bottom of the sixth inning, Andrew Yost’s two-run double highlighted a five-run inning for the Bulldogs to take a 7-3 lead into the seventh inning.
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