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Longview shuts out Mustangs in rare feat Legion baseball SALEM -- The Medford Mustangs' streak of 274 straight games with at least one run came to an end at the Willamette Classic here Friday. Cam McCoy, who is headed to the University of Washington on a baseball scholarship, fired a one-hit shutout to lead Longview, Wash., to a 1-0 victory over the Mustangs at John Lewis Field. Earlier Friday, the Mustangs cruised to a 14-2 victory over the Tacoma, Wash., Stags. McCoy, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound left-hander, limited Medford to three hits, struck out 10 and walked only one as he dealt the Mustangs (18-2) only their second loss of the season. He retired the final 14 batters he faced. The Mustangs had not been held scoreless since July of 1995 when Roseburg Dr. Stewarts handed them a 4-0 defeat, a stretch of 274 games. The contest featured a dandy pitching duel between McCoy and Medford's Casey Campbell, who limited Longview to four hits and had his own shutout going until the seventh. Longview got its lone run when Paul Richie drew the only walk off Campbell and scored on a hit-and-run double by Seth Johnson that bounced past a diving Phil Ouelette in the outfield. Earlier Friday, Halpin went 3-for-4 at the plate and drove in three runs to pace the Mustangs past Tacoma. Medford Mustangs ..........500 027 -- 14 14 0 Tacoma Stags ....................000 002 -- 2 6 3 Conklin, Beers (6) and Shine; Nyman, O'Brien (5) and Hanly. W -- Conklin (3-0). L -- Nyman. 2B -- M: B. Foster, Haag; T: Grandahl. 3B -- M: Halpin. HR -- T: Richardson. Medford Mustangs ............000 000 0 -- 0 1 3 Longview Locker Room ...000 000 1 -- 1 4 0 Campbell and Brownell; Cam McCoy and Richie. W -- McCoy. 2B -- M: Halpin; LV: Richie, Johnson. SOUTH MEDFORD 18-6, SISKIYOU SPIRITS 0-7 --Dave Thrapp went 3-for-4 at the plate, scored four times and drove in two runs as the South Medford Colts crushed the Siskiyou Spirits in the first game of an American Legion doubleheader, but the visitors from California salvaged a split by taking the nightcap. FIRST GAME Siskiyou Spirits ...................000 00 -- 0 2 5 South Medford Colts ....2(13)3 0x -- 18 12 2 Padilla, Jones (2) and Ronstein, Shaw (3). Sweet and Hadley. W -- Sweet (1-0). L -- Padilla. 2B -- SM: Sweet, Jackson. 3B -- SS: Banos. SECOND GAME Siskiyou Spirits .................300 300 1 -- 7 6 2 South Medford Colts .........021 000 3 -- 6 9 1 Bronstein and Jones, Shaw (5). McCollum, Jackson (5) and Hadley, Sweet (3). W -- Bronstein. L -- Jackson (2-1). 2B -- SS: Padilla; SM: Hadley. Today's Sports Index Mail Tribune Copyright� The Mail Tribune 1999, Medford, OR U.S.A.