Prep baseball: Granite Falls 7, Lakewood 6

Published 8:26 pm Friday, April 29, 2011

GRANITE FALLS — Mitch Byron’s two-run home run for Granite Falls in the bottom of the sixth inning broke a 5-5 tie and proved to be the winning runs in the Cascade Conference game. Byron went 3-for-4 with the homer and a pair of two-RBI doubles, finishing with six RBI. He also earned the win on the mound, pitching three innings in relief with four strikeouts. Lakewood’s Lucas Harkins went 4-for-4 with a double, RBI and two runs.

At Granite Falls H.S.

Lakewood 003 200 1–6 10 1

Granite Falls 230 002 x–7 10 3

Harnden and Keen. Benson, Denke (3), Byron (5) and Byron, Barnard (5). WP–Byron. LP–Harnden. 2B–Harkins (L) 1, Bean (L) 1, Byron (GF) 2. HR–Keen (L) 1, Byron (GF) 1. Records–Lakewood 9-6 league, 11-6 overall. Granite Falls 7-9, 8-11.