North Medford's Dominic Daffron makes a play on the ball for an out against South Eugene during the second inning in Medford Tuesday.

North Medford and Roseburg each struck for a pair of relatively early runs and then it became a battle of who would blink first during Tuesday’s Southwest Conference baseball game at Champion Car Wash Field in Roseburg.

When all was said and done, the Black Tornado was able to mount 17 hits but still came up short on the scoreboard in a 4-3 setback.

In the fateful 10th inning, North Medford (10-5, 4-4 SWC) finally was able to gain the upper-hand when Ben Morgan singled up the middle to bring up the top of the lineup. After Frankie Rutigliano advanced on an error off the glove of third baseman Jake Johnson, Morgan was able to move to third base when Easton Curtis dropped down a bunt and reached safely to load the bases.

Then came a bit of craziness.

North Medford senior Jeremiah Robbins into foul territory to the right side of the ballpark that was tracked down by second baseman Kaden Austin for an out that was still deep enough for Morgan to tag up and score the go-ahead run.

Rutigliano jabbed at advancing toward third base as the throw came home to the catcher but soon retreated, while Curtis was caught a little too far off the bag after tagging from first base and got caught up in a rundown between first and second base.

Curtis was eventually tagged out on a running and diving effort by shortstop Breven Harrison before the Tornado junior could get back to the bag for the second out as Rutigliano now was charging home to try and score.

Harrison and Curtis were somewhat tangled as the Roseburg player tried to get up and couldn’t make a throw home against Rutigliano. After a gathering of the umpires, offensive interference was called to negate the run scored by Rutigliano and send him back to third base.

Then, following yet another umpire gathering, Rutigliano was deemed to be the third out of the play on the offensive interference call to end the inning for Roseburg (10-7, 6-3).

With Dominic Daffron still on the mound for the Black Tornado, Heath King was able to get his first hit off the right-hander with a leadoff single in the bottom of the 10th and then, after one out, Paxton Burke was able to reach on a chopper and ensuing error to put runners at second and third base for the Indians.

After intentionally walking Dane St. Clair to set up a force play, Jake Johnson came through with his first hit off Daffron for a slicing two-run double into the right field corner for a walk-off win.

Daffron pitched 9 ⅓ innings and allowed nine hits with six strikeouts and one walk, and also went 4-for-4 at the plate for the Tornado.

Kellen Willer was 3-for-5 and Morgan was 4-for-5 with two runs and one RBI for North.

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Roseburg 002 000 0002 — 4 9 2

Daffron and Robbins; Hartsell, St. Clair (7) and Burke. W — St. Clair. L — Daffron. 2B — NM: Willer, B. Morgan, Daffron, Rutigliano; R: Johnson. 3B — R: St. Clair.

ASHLAND 5, EAGLE POINT 4, 8 inn.: At Eagle Point, Ashland broke a 1-all tie with four runs in the top of the eighth inning and then had to stave off an Eagle Point comeback in the bottom half of the frame to earn the Midwestern League victory.

Malakai Chandler singled with the bases loaded to bring home Mateo Moore and Cameron Oakley on an ensuing error to give the Grizzlies (4-7, 1-3 MWL) a 3-1 lead, Two more runs came in on a fielder’s choice by Anthony Albano and another error by the Eagles (9-6, 2-5).

In the bottom of the eighth, a fielder’s choice and ensuing error brought home Cruz Jimenez and Luca Fazio had a two-run single to close the gap to 5-4 with no outs.

After Fazio advanced to second base on a comebacker to relief pitcher Jackson Rosenthal, the tying run was stranded there when Rosenthal induced a flyout to first base and notched his lone strikeout.

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Eagle Point 001 000 03 — 4 5 3

Rountree, Rosenthal (8) and Albano; Fazio, Isackson (6), McFall (8) and McFall, Stockton (8). W — Rountree. L — McFall. 2B — A: Bloodworth.

CRATER 4, CHURCHILL 2: At Eugene, Crater senior Hayden Kindreich allowed only three hits and no earned runs in a complete-game effort to keep the Comets unbeaten in Midwestern League play.

Kindreich struck out four and walked one, while Mason Snopl went 3-for-3 and Jimmy Morgan was 2-for-4 with two RBIs for Crater (8-4, 4-0).

Morgan Austin and Kayden Scaparo each had two hits and combined for three runs against Churchill (6-8, 4-3).

Crater 100 021 0 — 4 11 1

Churchill 000 002 0 — 2 3 3

Kindreich and Morgan; Medrano, T. Mikel (7) and Bousquet. W — Kindreich. L — Medrano. 2B — CR: Morgan; CH: B. Mikel.

MAZAMA 7, PHOENIX 5: At Talent, Phoenix built a 5-3 lead but was unable to hang on to it in the top of the seventh inning of a Skyline Conference clash with Mazama at Hagler-James Field.

After Mazama was able to load the bases in the seventh, the Pirates (5-10, 1-4 Skyline) saw their lead frittered away following an error that allowed the tying run to score. A passed ball and an RBI groundout extended the Vikings’ late comeback effort.

Luke Jennings went 2-for-4 with two doubles and scored twice with one RBI, while Lucca Petrone went 2-for-3 with two RBIs for Phoenix.

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Phoenix 301 100 0 — 5 6 2

Ford, Lobdell (4) and Carter; Wolowicz, Watts (7) and Shilts. W — Lobdell. L — Watts. 2B — P: Jennings 2, Petrone. 3B — M: Carter.

CASCADE CHRISTIAN 15-7, GLIDE 4-3: At Glide, Cascade Christian earned its third and fourth wins in a row by combining for 24 hits in the Far West League doubleheader.

Jack Knips went 2-for-3 with two runs and five RBIs in the opener, highlighted by a three-run double in a seven-run outburst in the second inning by the Challengers (13-3, 9-1 FWL).

Bryson Walker also went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs and Noah Letendre was 3-for-4 with two runs and one RBI and also went the distance on the mound with four hits allowed against six strikeouts.

In Game 2, Cole Stofflet fanned nine and allowed two hits over six innings while helping his own cause by going 2-for-4 at the plate.

Ashton Moody went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, C.J. Bonner was 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs and Letendre was 2-for-4 with three runs scored in the nightcap.

FIRST GAME

Cascade Christian 371 40 — 15 13 0

Glide 010 03 — 4 4 3

Letendre and Sickler; Miller, Standley (3) and Kercher. W — Letendre. L — Miller. 2B — CC: Knips 2, Stofflet, Letendre 2.

SECOND GAME

Cascade Christian 101 401 0 — 7 11 2

Glide 200 010 0 — 3 3 3

Stofflet, Knips (7) and Sickler; Swain, Standley (6) and Kercher. W — Stofflet. L — Swain. 2B — CC: Sickler, Bonner 2, Moody.