Trailing 4-0 in the top of the seventh, Linn-Benton came back to score three in the seventh and two in the eighth in the first game Thursday at Southwestern Oregon.

SWOCC tied the game in the ninth, but Shane Garrett belted his first homerun of the season in the eleventh to give the Roadrunners the lead.

Trevor Smith finished off SWOCC in the bottom of the eleventh to give Linn-Benton the win in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges contest.

In the final contest, Linn-Benton scored four runs in the fifth inning, winning the game 4-1. Liam Baron threw a complete game one-hitter.

The Roadrunners (14-19, 9-15), play a doubleheader at Chemeketa on Saturday.

LINN BENTON 6, SWOCC 5 (11)

LBCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .000 000 320 01 - 6 12 2

SWOCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 010 001 00 - 5 12 2

Hanson, Smith (9) and Clark, Mastroianni (9). Smith, Patterson (9) and Gibson, Reed (9). WP: Smith (1-4-2). LP: Patterson. 2B: B. Corey (LBCC), Fritz (SWOCC). HR: Garrett (LBCC).

LBCC 4, SWOCC 1

LBCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000 040 0 - 4 6 1

SWOCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000 001 0 - 1 1 3

Baron and J. Mastroianni. Brown, Atlebexger (6), Page (7) and Reed. WP: Baron (7-2). LP: Brown. 2B: Sitton (LBCC), Forrester (SWOCC).