YAKIMA -- Gibby Briones had four hits as the Yakima Pepsi Beetles beat the Fraser Valley Chiefs 10-2 in six innings during the Firecracker Tournament Friday at Parker Field.

The game was called because of an eight-run rule.

Tyler Berman, Kevin Komstadius, Seth Kline and Stephen Palachuk had two hits in the victory.

With the win, the Beetles secure a berth in the tournament championship game against the winner of today's game between the Yakima Valley Pepsi Pak and Arlington River Dogs.

Also Friday, Yakima Valley held off Tacoma RBI 1-0.

Justin Windsor pitched a complete game for the Pak, and Dustin Daniels notched the RBI.

YAKIMA 10, FRASER VALLEY 2

Fraser Valley 000 110 -- 2 6 0

Yakima 430 012 -- 10 15 0

Riner, Boater (2), and Thort, Chamberlain (4); Doornink and Kline

Highlights: Briones 4-4 2r; Berman 2-4 2 runs; Komstadius 2-4 RBi, 2b; Seth Kline 2-2, 2r, RBI Palachuk 2-3, 2 RBI, 2b.

YAKIMA VALLEY 1, TACOMA RBI 0

Tacoma 000 000 0 -- 0 4 0

Yakima Valley 000 100 x -- 1 3 0

Henning and Johnson; Windsor and Plughoff.

Highlights: Dustin Daniels (YV) RBI.

FRIDAY'S SCORES

At Parker Field

Anderson Hay 5, Arlington 3

Yakima Valley 1, Tacoma RBI 0

Yakima 10, Fraser 2 (6)

At Davis Field

Fraser Valley 2, Del Norte 1

Bellevue Honda 4, Del Norte 3

STANDINGS

American Division: Yakima 3-0, Anderson Hay 3-1, Yakima Alumni 1-1, Bellevue Honda 2-2, Tacoma RBI 0-3.

National Division: Yakima Valley 3-0, Arlington 2-1, Fraser Valley 2-1, Del Norte 0-4, Graham-Kapowsin 0-3.

YOUTH BASEBALL

WVBC loses heartbreaker

West Valley Baseball Club fell to Centralia 8-7 in eight innings Friday at the Longview Fourth of July Invitational.

Brad Andreas pitched three innings of relief and allowed no runs in his second-ever pitching appearance.

Kyle Jones had three hits and three RBI, while Mickey Onustock, Nick Clark and Casey Croshaw had two hits apiece.

* The Yakima Blues fell to the Kennewick Phantoms 1-0 in the Lewiston Invitational.

Bobby Clements pitched a complete game for Yakima.

* The West Valley Bees split a pair of games in the West Valley Big Bang Tournament.

West Valley lost to the Puget Sound Roxx 8-0 in the first game, despite two hits each from Tyler Gallaway and Steven Wagar.

WV won the second game 10-2 over Snohomish Steel.

Jake Nell, Steven Hillier, Eric Dusin and Cody McDonald each had two hits.

* The Yakima Flyers split their two games Friday at the Highland Wood Bat Tournament, losing 2-0 to the Tacoma Mets and beating the Yakima Mariners 9-1.

Will Tackard and Seth Englebert both had two hits for the Flyers (17-6) in the second game, and Wacy Hayes and Neal Greg combined to throw a 1-hitter. Levi Mitchum pitched a complete-game 2-hitter in the first game, but took the loss.

In the other two games, the Orioles beat the Ravens 10-6 and the Outlaws beat the Ravens 7-1.

PDL SOCCER

McCurdy PDL player of the week

After recording two shutouts on the road last week, Yakima Reds goaltender Robert McCurdy was named the Premier Development League's national player of the week.

McCurdy started his week by helping Yakima blank the Abbotsford Mariners 2-0 on Saturday. He helped preserve the whitewash with two timely second-half saves.

The next day, McCurdy came up big to help stop the Vancouver Whitecaps U-23s 1-0.

Vancouver, which scored five goals on division-leading Tacoma the previous night, outshot Yakima 25-12, but McCurdy didn't break as the Reds stopped the Whitecaps' five-game unbeaten streak.

It was McCurdy's second and third shutouts of the season.

"Robert stepped up and showed his experience this weekend," Yakima coach Hector Vega said in a release from the league. "Experience dominated youth and quickness this time around, and Robert was a key aspect of that this past weekend in Canada.

"He helped keep the Yakima Reds' hopes for the playoffs alive."

The sweep improved Yakima to 8-4-1 and moved them back ahead of Vancouver into second place in the Northwest Division. The top two teams in the division advance to the playoffs.

The Reds, who are seeking their first playoff berth since 2000, control their own destiny. After taking this weekend off, the Reds return to action with a home game on July 11 against Vancouver.