Photos by Morgen Orr Richland's Kyle Strasburger heads off the field while Columbia Northeast's Dwayne Addy appeals to the ump at second base. Richland Post 6 used a first inning barrage and a late game double from Kyle Williamson to defeat Columbia Northeast 11- 7 Post 182 on June 24 at Memorial Stadium.

Williamson's two- run double in the bottom of the seventh broke a 7- 7 tie and propelled the Pathfinders to their ninth win of the season.

Post 6 took advantage of several errors in the bottom of the first inning and added timely hits to jump out to a six run lead. Will Freeman, Chris Daniels, and Mo Holler each drove in runs as ten batters came to the plate in the inning. Five of the six runs in the inning came after the second out was recorded on Freeman's fielder's choice.

Columbia Northeast scored its first run in the top of the third when a passed ball allowed a runner to score. Post 182 added a second run in the top of the fifth when another passed ball scored Andrew Hill.

Columbia NE star ter Matt Nodelman fires home in the first inning. Columbia NE put two runners on base early in the sixth inning. Cam White then crushed a ball well over the left field fence to bring the score to 6- 5 in favor of the home team. The attitudes of the Post 182 players immediately changed, and the intensity of the game increased with them. Williamson scored on a passed ball for Richland in the bottom of the sixth, pushing the home lead to 7- 5.

In the seventh, four consecutive hits by Hill, Will Taylor, Dwayne Addy, and Brett Vigrass scored two runs for the visiting Rangers and tied the score at seven. But Richland answered immediately back with Williamson's two- run double to deep center field, retaking the lead at 9- 7.

Opening the eighth inning, Robert Gibbes sent a solo home run to left field, increasing the Richland lead to 10- 7. With two out and runners on second and third, a passed ball sent Richland catcher Kirk Sims home sliding headfirst and eluding the tag of the pitcher. Sims's run pushed the score to the final tally of 11- 7 in favor of Richland.

Richland star ting pitcher Joseph Whitaker pitches to a Columbia NE batter. Justin Strauss struck out the first two batters and earned a groundout to the shortstop to close out Columbia Northeast and move Richland to 9- 3 on the season.