No. 5 Lewis-Clark State sweeps Eastern Oregon, Robbins wins 300th game

Jeremiah Robbins’ 300th win arrived in La Grande, where No. 5 Lewis-Clark State turned a Cascade Conference doubleheader into a power display and gave Union County fans a front-row look at one of the Northwest’s strongest baseball programs.

The Warriors swept Eastern Oregon 16-6 and 10-2, pounding out eight home runs across the two games. Brandon Nguyen and Izzy Madariaga each homered three times on the day, and Nguyen drove in seven runs as Lewis-Clark State improved to 31-4 overall and 23-4 in conference play.

The first win of the afternoon was the milestone for Robbins, who reached 300 career victories and now stands at 301-75 at the helm of Lewis-Clark State Baseball. That places him in rare company in program history, with the late Ed Cheff previously the only coach to have won more than 300 games in a Lewis-Clark State uniform.

Eastern Oregon entered the weekend at 10-27 overall and 7-8 in Cascade play, facing a ranked opponent that had already established itself near the top of the league. Lewis-Clark State came into the series 29-4 overall and 21-4 in CCC play, and the sweep only strengthened its grip on first place in the standings.

Game one set the tone. The Cascade Collegiate Conference scoreboard listed Reed with three hits, two RBIs and two runs for the Warriors, while Canfield earned the win with five strikeouts in five innings. Eastern Oregon got production from Olague, who finished with four RBIs, two hits and one run in the opener, but the Mountaineers could not keep pace with Lewis-Clark State’s offense.

For La Grande and the rest of Union County, the matchup carried more than a conference result. Eastern Oregon University is one of the county’s central public institutions, and home dates like this bring students, families and community members together around a high-level college team that regularly tests itself against nationally regarded competition. Even in a lopsided sweep, the weekend reinforced that college baseball remains part of the town’s sports identity, with conference races, milestone moments and local pride all meeting on the same field.