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Senior Josh Liebeskind poked a bases-loaded hit into left field in the bottom of the seventh on Tuesday to lift Crescent Valley past Lebanon 7-6 into the state baseball playoffs with the Mid-Willamette Conference victory.

Crescent Valley (15-9, 12-7) clinched no worse than fourth-place in the Mid-Willamette Conference with the victory. The Raiders could move up as high as second, depending on how other series in the MWC play out this week.

“We’re obviously satisfied with making it,” CV coach Dave Mintken said.

Scott Stone (1-0) threw one inning of relief, shutting the Warriors down, to earn the victory.

“Scott hasn’t pitched much for us lately, with our starters getting shutouts, but he came in and shut them down in the seventh,” Mintken said. “They couldn’t do anything against him in the seventh and he gave us a chance to get the seventh going.”

The Raiders opened the seventh with back-to-back singles by Thomas McCarthy and Jake Likewise before Kiel Larkin bunted both runners over.

The Warriors intentially walked Van Fudge, who had tripled earlier in the game, to load the bases and set up the double play.

Liebeskind then followed with his game-winning single.

CV plays at Lebanon today and will host the Warriors on Friday.

Crescent Valley 7, Lebanon 6

LEBANON 000 312 0 — 6 6 2

CRESCENT VALLEY 101 040 1 — 7 10 1

Stubbs, Hiebert (6) and Marshall. Likewise, Cooper (6), Stone (7) and Larkin. WP: Stone (1-0). LP: Hiebert. 2B: Ransom (CV), McCarthy (CV), Larkin (CV). 3B: Hiebert (LHS), Johnson (LHS), Fudge (CV).

Hits: Lebanon 6 (Johnson, Cramlet, Hiebert, Aranpa, Trask, Marshall). CV 10 (Pozessi 2, Ransom, McCarthy 3, Likewise, Larkin, Fudge, Liebeskind).

RBIs: Lebanon (Johnson, Hiebert, Aranpa, Trask). CV (Ransom, Likewise, Larkin, Fudge 2, Liebeskind).

Corvallis 9, Silverton 1

SILVERTON — Nate Williams hit his 10th and 11th home runs of the season and Corvallis clinched the Mid-Willamette Conference baseball championship with the victory over Silverton.

Williams had a two-run homer in the second inning, giving CHS (21-4, 17-2) a 5-0 lead, then capped the Spartans’ scoring with a 2-run shot in the sixth for a 9-0 advantage.

Danny Alig (8-1) struck out 13, walked one and scattered four hits in the complete-game effort. Alig had a two-run homer in the fifth inning.

Aaron Corwin’s two-run double in the first helped stake CHS to a 3-0 lead.

The Spartans can wrap up their 14th consecutive conference series win with a victory over Silverton today at Taylor Field.

Corvallis 9, Silverton 1

CORVALLIS 320 022 0 — 9 8 1

SILVERTON 000 000 1 — 1 4 1

Alig and Sanders. Johnson, Simpson (6) and Parks. WP: Alig (8-1). LP: Johnson. 2B: Corwin (CHS), Orman (CHS). HR: Williams 2 (CHS), Alig (CHS).

Hits: Corvallis (Williams 3, Corwin, Alig, Sparkes, Sanders, Orman). Silverton 4 (Reidimetkin, Howenberg 2, Parks).

RBIs: Corvallis (Williams 4, Corwin 2, Alig 2, R. Sparkes). Silverton 1 (Howenberg).

Santiam Christian 11, Creswell 1

ADAIR VILLAGE — Ryan Hansen allowed two baserunners and struck out 10 as the Eagles clinched the PacWest Conference title.

Hansen (7-0) hit the first batter of the second inning, then gave up an run-scoring double before striking out the next three batters.

Michael Parkhurst had three doubles and three RBIs in the victory.

Santiam Christian (18-3, 10-1) plays a nonconference game at Newport today before finishing the PWC season at Toledo on Friday.

Santiam Christian 11, Creswell 1

CRESWELL 010 00 — 1 1 3

SANTIAM CHRISTIAN 432 02 — 11 13 0

Main and Kuhnhausen. Hansen and Saviola. WP: Hansen (7-0). LP: Main. 2B: Kuhnhausen (CHS), G. Knowles (SC), Parkhurst 3 ( SC), Alexander (SC). 3B: Hansen (SC).

Hits: Creswell 1 (Kuhnhausen). SC 13 (Hansen 3, W. Knowles 2, G. Knowles 2, Parkhurst 3, Kummer, Alexander, Saviola).

RBIs: Creswell 1 (Kuhnhausen). SC 9 (W. Knowles 2, G. Knowles, Lancaster, Parkhurst 3, Kummer, Saviola).

Mohawk 8, Alsea 5

ALSEA — Mike Neil hit his first homer of the season, but Mohawk responded with four runs in the seventh to claim the Special District 3 victory.

Alsea (14-3, 12-3) was playing its fifth game in six days, going 3-2 in that stretch.

The Wolverines close out district play on Friday at Siletz Valley.

Mohawk 8, Alsea 5

MOHAWK 004 000 4 — 8 6 1

ALSEA 022 100 0 — 5 8 3

Stewart and Shelton. Pearson, Z. Olsen (4), D. Webb (7) and Z. Olsen, Pearson (4). WP: Stewart. LP: Z. Olsen (2-2). 2B: D. Krull (MSHS). 3B: Z. Olsen (AHS). HR: Neil (AHS).

Hits: Mohawk 6 (Krull 2, Shelton, Stewart). Alsea 8 (Z. Olsen 2, D. Webb 2, Pearson, Monie, Neil, Davidson.

RBIs: Mohawk 8 (Shelton 3, Stewart 2, Krull, Sheelan). Alsea 3 (D. Webb, Monie, Neil).

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