Joey Lippo (right), here with longtime friend and fellow college baseball player James Besaw, is playing in a summer league. (Teresa Besaw photo)
They beat the heat, and won the weekend.
Playing on scorching fields in Hoquiam, Coupeville grad Joey Lippo and the Lynnwood Llamas baseball squad stretched their winning streak to nine games with a weekend sweep of the Portland Prairie Dogs.
Boasting a pristine 9-0 mark, the Llamas sit atop the six-team Cascade Collegiate League, which gives college players a chance to heft wood bats and play through the summer months.
Lynnwood throttled Portland 14-1 Saturday, then came back around to sweep a Sunday doubleheader by the tune of 9-7 and 4-1.
Lippo painted with all the colors, playing center field, catching, and also coming on to pitch during the series.
The former Wolf, who just wrapped his first season playing baseball at the Univerity of Maine at Presque Isle, scattered three hits in two innings of relief work on the mound.
He whiffed a pair of Prairie Dogs, then picked a runner off of second base to end the game in 109-degree weather.
At the plate, Lippo collected four hits, two RBI, a walk, and a sac fly during the series.
On the season he’s whacking the ball at a .421 clip.
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