Lewis-Clark State's offense blooms in first games of spring
Mar. 22—The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming and the ding of a bat on a bright sunny day is once again bringing a smile to the faces of fans young and old at ballparks around the world. Spring has officially sprung and baseball is back in full swing.
Within the walls of one of those ballparks — Harris Field in Lewiston — the Lewis-Clark State Warriors racked up a startling 30 hits across the home halves of 14 innings Saturday to beat the Corban Warriors by scores of 18-3 (concluded after seven innings because of the 10-run rule) and 8-1 in Cascade Conference play. Among the most authoritative swings on a day rich with highlight hits came from the senior outfielder Cayden Wotipka. Facing left-handed Corban reliever John Brabb, LC State coach Jeremiah Robbins sent Wotipka to the plate with the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the fourth.
It proved to be a genius decision. What followed requires rye bread and mustard in some households. Wotipka smacked a "grand salami," hammering a 2-2 pitch along the left field line and over the wall.
"I'm just looking to compete, really," Wotipka said. "It's no different than any at-bat, just getting the ball up and executing. " As a pinch hitter, Wotipka came into the game raw, having not faced Corban's pitchers yet.
That doesn't mean he wasn't ready. "Oh huge," LC State leftfielder Brandon Nguyen, who had four hits of his own, said of Wotipka's grand slam. "Cayden's always swinging a bat in between innings and when his name was called, he was ready and that's all that we could ask for.
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