The Three Rivers Sandblasters opened a four-game weekend series with St. Helens with a 6-4 victory on Friday.

Mike Pitcher and Scott Carpenter combined on a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts for the Sandblasters and Beau Biron and David Deutschmann each had two hits.

The game was tied at four in the fifth inning, when Biron had a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Travis Anderson.

Three Rivers added an insurance run in the sixth. Shane Rose walked, stole second and scored on a single by Adam Reed.

Biron had two runs and an RBI and Deutschman scored one run.

The teams play a doubleheader today at Siuslaw High School, the first game starting at 1 p.m. On Sunday, the teams play a single nine-inning game at 1:30 p.m.

Three Rivers 6, St. Helens 4

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Three Rivers 003 111 00x - 6 7 2

Ross and Reault; Mike Pitcher, Scott Carpenter (7) and Zach Laxague. 2B-TR: David Deutschmann. 3B-TR: Beau Biron.