The Tacoma Rainiers (15-15) used a two-run homer from left fielder Bryan LaHair in the eighth inning to defeat the visiting Colorado Springs Sky Sox 9-7 in a Triple-A Pacific Coast League game Sunday.
Josh Fogg finished with a no-decision after allowing five earned runs and eight hits in 3 2/3 innings for the Sky Sox (18-11).
Center fielder Carlos Gonzalez led Colorado Springs at the plate, going 4-for-5. He had a triple and scored twice.
Former area sportswriter dies.
Tim Mimick, a longtime sportswriter at The Gazette in Colorado Springs, died Sunday at Genoa (Neb.) Community Hospital of complications from cancer. He was 55.
Mimick, a 1975 graduate of the University of Nebraska, was a Gazette sportswriter from 1979-2003 and covered most of the newspaper’s major Front Range beats, including the Nuggets and the football and basketball teams at the University of Colorado, Air Force and Colorado State. He retired from journalism after covering the NCAA Tournament in 2003 and returned to Columbus, Neb., his hometown, to be closer to his family.
“I had the greatest respect in the world for Tim,” former Air Force football coach Fisher DeBerry said from his home in Isle of Palms, S.C. “He loved doing what he did for a living. To me, he was more than a great sportswriter. He was a great friend as well. He was a pleasure to work with. He always looked for the positive in everything he did. I know my players loved being covered by him because they knew Tim had great admiration for them and for the academy.
“He will be greatly missed.”
Mimick’s funeral Mass is Thursday at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Columbus.
Two-run homers propel UNC.
Kevin Sandberg and Phil Santucci each hit a two-run homer, leading the Northern Colorado baseball team to a 7-4 victory over Texas-Pan American in Greeley. Sandberg’s home run tied the school career record for hits with 226.
Aztecs rout Air Force in baseball.
San Diego State’s Tyler Lavigne struck out 11 batters in 6 2/3 innings, leading the Aztecs (34-19) over Air Force (14-34) 12-2 in a Mountain West Conference game at Tony Gwynn Stadium in San Diego.
Mavericks advance in softball.
The Mesa State softball team rallied with seven runs in the seventh inning to defeat Colorado State-Pueblo 10-6 in the NCAA Division II Central Regional championship game at Regis University. Ashlee Duffy hit a home run and had two RBIs, and Lauren Cross had a double and two RBIs to lead the Mavericks (30-19), who advanced to face Winona State (47-11) in a double-elimination Super Region 3 tournament in Minnesota.
CSU club team regional champ.
The Colorado State club baseball team won the Midwest Regional in Topeka, Kan., defeating Kansas 5-4. The defending national champion Rams return to the National Club Championship tournament next weekend in Fort Myers, Fla.
Jake Fox, a Cherry Creek High School graduate, singled in Brian Dilley for the go-ahead run in top of the ninth inning.
Area tennis player shines.
Evergreen’s Roald Flater, a member of the Colorado Tennis Hall of Fame, won the U.S. National Indoor Championship 80 division title in Vancouver, Wash. He defeated William Davis of Palm Springs, Calif., in the final 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.
