Prep highlights: Ridgefield baseball opens season with walk-off win

Deven Savella’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh gave Ridgefield baseball a 4-3 season-opening win over Battle Ground on Friday at the Ridgefield Outdoor Recreation Complex.

Trailing 2-0 in the fifth inning, the Spudders pulled even when Liam Ostrom was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded before a Wyatt Hemmelman’s RBI single.

Battle Ground got four shutdown innings from starter James Gill, who allowed just one hit, no walks and struck out eight.

Battle Ground’s Jackson Hotchkiss went 2 for 4 with a solo home run in the fourth inning. He also scored on a Gill single to put the Tigers ahead 3-2 in the sixth.

Ridgefield answered in the bottom of the sixth when Colten Warren scored on a Henry Wikstrom groundout.

Stars of the day

• Tanner Koford, Hudson’s Bay baseball, had a double, two RBI and two walks in a 5-4 win over King’s Way Christian despite the Eagles having just two base hits.
• Graham Learning, Hockinson baseball, pitched five shutout innings, allowing one hit, no walks and striking out 10 in a 2-1 win over Mountain View.