The Roseburg Dr. Stewart’s survived a shaky finish in game two and pulled off a sweep against the Lewis-Clark Twins from Lewiston, ID in a nonleague doubleheader Saturday at Bill Gray Stadium at Legion Field.
Jace Stoffal tossed a complete game, two-hitter in the opener to guide the Docs (20-16) to an 8-0 win. In game two, the Twins (21-17) rallied for four runs in the seventh inning but fell short in their comeback attempt as the Docs hung on to win 8-6.
The Doc have now won three straight games and the team’s focused on avoiding complacency as they enter the final week of the season.
“The win streak is because we’re playing different, 100%,” said Dr. Stewart’s coach Jeremiah Robbins. “I’ve said this from day one, development will create opportunities for the scoreboard to be on the good side.”
Stoffal only allowed a hit in the first inning and in the fifth as he blanked the Twins for his second shutout victory of the season. He fanned nine batters and walked only two.
Sam Guasteferro put the Docs on the board with a two-out single in the second inning. He added his second RBI with a bases loaded hit by pitch in the third inning, where the Docs blew open the game.
Dr. Stewart’s sent 10 hitters to the plate against L-C starter Dylan Mader in the third frame. The Docs only managed two hits, but two hit batters, two walks and a dropped third strike helped them put up six runs and take a 7-0 lead.
Caden Johnson and Jacob Luther also had two RBI each for the Docs.
Drake Borschowa took the mound in game two and allowed only one unearned run on three hits through the first five innings. He exited the game with eight strikeouts and only one walk, but hit two batters.
Payton Hope took over in the sixth with the Docs up 8-1. The Twins pushed across a run on a two-out single by Mason Daniel, but still trailed by six heading to the seventh.
Things got dicey for the Docs in the seventh. A couple of errors erased what could have been the first two outs. The Twins capitalized on the Docs miscues by scoring two runs on a walk and back-to-back singles.
A flyball out to left field got the Docs one out away from ending the game, but Daniel hit a double to centerfield that drove in two more and got the Twins within 8-6 and put the tying run at second.
Hope managed to close the door with a flyball out to centerfield and preserve the victory.
“We were pretty complacent,” Robbins said about game two. “That’s one thing our guys often do is play to the level of their competition and you’re just not going to get away with that against Medford and K-Falls.”
Doran Gillespie drove in three runs for the Docs and Jett Black added two RBI. Daniel drove in three for the Twins and Dawson Bonfield also plated two.
The Docs now have a three-game win streak going as they gear up for the final week of the regular season. Up next, Beaverton Post 124 will visit Legion Field for a nonleague game on Monday. First pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m.
First game
Lewiston 000 000 0 — 0 2 1
Roseburg 016 100 x — 8 7 0
Mader, Barajas (4) and Turcott; Stoffal and Guasteferro. WP — Stoffal, 3-2. LP — Mader, 1-5. 2B — Gillespie (R).
Second game
Lewiston 100 001 4 — 6 9 0
Roseburg 102 500 x — 8 8 5
Hart, Daniel (5) and Kolb; Boschowa, Hope (6) and Guasteferro. WP — Borschowa, 4-2. LP — Hart, 2-4. 2B — Bonfield (L), Daniel (L), Gillespie (R).