Adam Grantham blasted a three-run home run in the bottom of the first inning Friday night at Vince Genna Stadium to lead the Bend Elks past the Cowlitz Black Bears 6-2 in West Coast League baseball action.

Six Bend pitchers scattered eight hits for the Elks, who improved to 6-3 overall with the win. The home squad took two of three games from the visiting Black Bears over the past three days.

Tyler Servais went 2-for-4 with a double and one RBI and Tanner Ring added a 2-for-4 performance and scored two runs to lead Bend at the plate.

The Elks led 6-0 after six innings before Cowlitz scored two runs in the top of the seventh.

Bend, which opens another three-game home series today against the Kitsap BlueJackets, sits in second place in the WCL South Division standings, one half game back of the Klamath Falls Gems (5-1).

The Elks and the BlueJackets get started today at 6:35 p.m.

— Bulletin staff report