Hazen baseball earns share of Seamount League title with win over Tyee

Published 12:41 pm Tuesday, May 5, 2015

The Hazen Highlander baseball team secured a share of the Seamount League title on Monday with a 5-1 win over Tyee in the team’s regular season finale.

Jacob Howell had 2 RBI and Ben Hoeper picked up the win for the Highlanders with seven innings of 6-hit ball. Hoeper struck out 6 and walked just 1.

Hazen got on the board first, plating a run in the bottom of the third inning, but Tyee rallied to tie it in the top of the fourth, but the Highlanders answered with two more in the bottom of the inning.

In the sixth, Hazen plated two more insurance runs.

The Highlanders finish the regular season with a 14-4 overall record and a 13-1 record in the Seamount. Kennedy Catholic also finishes the year with a 13-1 Seamount League record.

Hazen will next play in the West Central District Playoffs on Saturday,  May 9, in Kelso.