HERMISTON — The Cougars trailed by four runs heading into the top half of the sixth inning, but with four runs in the sixth and another in the seventh, Mountain View edged Hermiston 5-4 in its opening game of the Hermiston/Pendleton Spring Break Tournament at Hermiston High School.

John Carroll led the way with two hits and two runs batted in, while Brock Powell and Garrett Whitsett added an RBI apiece.

The Cougars followed that up with an equally close contest against Reynolds of Troutdale, 5-4. Similar to its matchup against Hermiston, Mountain View battled back from an early deficit to squeak out its third win of the season.

Reynolds opened the game with three runs in the top of the first inning, but the Cougars answered with two runs in the bottom half. One run in the top of the fourth put the Pirates up 4-2, only to see Mountain View drive in three runs in the home half of the inning to take a 5-4 lead and never look back.

Jaxson Landrus and Devin Haney each picked up two hits for Mountain View (3-2), with Landrus adding two RBIs and Haney, Carrol and Kyler Ayers adding one RBI apiece.

In other Monday action:

Baseball

Redmond 11, Astoria 0: HILLSBORO — Josh Peplin was three for three with five RBIs, J.D. Abbas was two for three, and the Panthers rode 11 hits to defeat the Fishermen in five innings on the first day of the Glencoe Tournament at Hillsboro Stadium. Cordell McKinney went the distance for Redmond (3-4), striking out five batters and allowing just two hits to help the Panthers snap a four-game losing streak.