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Shine�s HR sparks Medford�s surge Chuck Shine blasted a two-run home run to lift the Medford Mustangs American Legion baseball team to a 3-2 win over Central Point in the opening game of a doubleheader sweep Sunday at Miles Field. Medford rolled to a five-inning, 29-5 win in the nightcap. Chris Empio cruised through the first three innings of Game 1 before running into trouble in the fourth. With the Mustangs clinging to a 1-0 lead, Josh Hinojosa smacked a two-out RBI double to knot the score at 1-all. Jeremiah Toews followed with an RBI bloop single to push Central Point into the lead. Shine quickly turned the Mustangs� one-run deficit into a lead with the eventual game-winning, two-out blast to left, his fourth of the season. Empio improved to 4-0 on the season, allowing three hits and Matt Skundrick came on in the seventh to pick up his second save. Shine�s Game 1 blast awakened the Medford bats for their second game rout. The Mustangs totaled 25 hits, with Ken Halpin�s 5-for-5 effort with four runs and three RBIs leading the way. Medford had nine hits and sent 18 men to the plate in a 13-run third inning and benefited from four Central Point errors. Dan Bruce added four hits, three of them doubles, in four at-bats along with five runs and four RBIs. Phil Ouellette and Andy Bartels each added three hits apiece for Medford. Tony Conklin picked up his seventh win against one loss with his complete-game effort in the nightcap. The Mustangs improved to 28-11 overall and 7-3 in Area 4 play. They host the Boise Gems tonight at 7 at Miles Field. FIRST GAME Central Point........................................000 200 0 � 2 3 2 Medford.................................................001 002 x � 3 7 1 Petersen and Hinojosa; Empio, Skundrick (7) and Shine. W � Empio (4-0). L � Petersen. 2B � M: Bruce; CP: Hinojosa. HR � M: Shine (4). SECOND GAME Central Point.........................................122 00 � 5 6 7 Medford..............................................68(13) 2x � 29 25 2 Pettigrew, Corbett (2), Gallow (2), Kingsbury (3) and Sills; Conklin and Shine, Halpin (4). W � Conklin (7-1). L � Pettigrew. 2B � CP: Strate; M: Bruce 3, Halpin, Ouellette, Skundrick, Jensen, McArthur, Bartels. 3B � M: Halpin. Little League � MEDFORD GOLD 13, ROGUE RIVER 10 � At Roseburg, the Medford Gold Little League baseball team scored the go-ahead run in the fifth inning to stay alive at the District 9-10 double elimination tournament. Jared Smith, Shawn McLoughlon and Isaac Rollie each went 3-for-4 to lead Medford, with Smith also contributing four RBIs. Third baseman Brady Burdick bailed Medford out of a bases-loaded jam in the fourth when he snared a groundball, touched third and threw home for the finishing touches on an inning-ending double play. Steven Pirrello pitched two scoreless innings in relief to pick up the save. Medford Gold plays today against the Medford Gray at 5:30 p.m. Obituaries | Sports | Business | Classifieds | Tempo | Prime Times | So Oregon Sites | Outdoor Journal | Subscribe | Contact | Movies | Advertise | Real Estate Showcase | Archive | Editorials | Letters to the editor | Religion | Wake-up Call | NIE | Cyber Chef | Job Network | So Oregon Weather | WSJ Northwest | Forums | AP Wire | AP Money | F.A.Q. | Awards Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. The Community Newspaper Subsidiary of Dow Jones & Co, Inc Copyright �The Mail Tribune 2000, Medford, Oregon USA