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RiverDawgs held scoreless by Humboldt in twin bill sweep Jul 17, 2011 12:00 AM A A The Southern Oregon RiverDawgs were shut out in their nonleague doubleheader against the Humboldt Crabs on Saturday at Harry & David Field. In the opener, former Grants Pass High standout Zach Morgan, a right-handed pitcher who now plays for Sacramento State, allowed one hit and two walks and struck out four in five innings to lift Humboldt to an 8-0 victory. Losing pitcher Tim Sabo gave up seven runs in the first two innings as Humboldt quickly took charge. In Game 2, Humboldt starter Zach O'Hanen owned a five-hitter with six strikeouts against Southern Oregon (16-19) before the nightcap was called after the sixth inning because of rain. Humboldt won 3-0. Kyle Forsyth took a no-decision, going five innings and allowing five hits, no runs and no walks with three strikeouts. FIRST GAME Humboldt Crabs 430 000 1 — 8 11 0 Southern Oregon 000 000 0 — 0 2 0 Z. Morgan, Morrow (6) and Eshleman; Sabo, Hill (7) and Fosnes. W — Z. Morgan. L — Sabo (0-1). 2B — H: Eshleman, Higley. SECOND GAME Humboldt Crabs 000 003 — 3 7 1 Southern Oregon 000 000 — 0 5 3 O'Hanen and Davis; Forsyth, M. Bataska (6) and W. Brill. W — O'Hanen. L — Bataska (2-2). 2B — SO: Vrooman. NORTH MEDFORD 5-10, GRANTS PASS DIGGERS 1-2 — A pair of five-run innings in each game of the doubleheader allowed North Medford to pull away for an Area 4 sweep. Christian Gillis struck out five, walked one and allowed four hits in a complete-game win during Game 1, while Colton Westfall allowed three hits and one walk with five strikeouts in the nightcap during his six innings. A.J. Miller was 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI and Isaiah Luzny added a pinch-hit two-run double in a sixth-inning surge during Game 1 for the Mavericks (37-11, 19-5 Area 4). Micah Brown was 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs and Luzny added another run-scoring pinch-hit double in Game 2. FIRST GAME Grants Pass Diggers 100 000 0 — 1 4 0 North Medford 000 005 x — 5 6 3 Bowen and Leenknecht; Gillis and Zavala. W — Gillis (3-1). L — Bowen. 2B — GP: Martin; NM: Luzny. SECOND GAME Grants Pass Diggers 000 200 0 — 2 4 1 North Medford 015 202 x — 10 10 2 Martin, Sabota (5) and Perez; Westfall, Brown (7) and Zavala. W — Westfall (6-0). L — Martin. 2B — GP: Martin; NM: Brown, Luzny. 3B — NM: Gillis.