TWIN FALLS - The Vauxhall Academy Jets traveled all the way from central Alberta, Canada, for their doubleheader against Twin Falls Bruins at the College of Southern Idaho's Skip Walker field. Pitching was the story of both games, as Twin Falls' Jacob Coats kept Vauxhall in check to key a 6-2 Bruins win in Game 1, and Jets hitters jumped all over Twin Falls pitchers to take Game 2, 10-2.

Coats kept Vauxhall hitters off balance in a six-strikeout, complete game effort. The Jets consistently made contact off of Coats, banging out seven hits, but Coats spread the hits around, giving up two hits in an inning only once.

"He located his fastball really well," Twin Falls coach Mike Federico said of Coats. "His changeup was down in the zone all night. He kept kids off balance, and we played good defense behind him too."

Those came in the sixth inning, when Vauxhall right fielder Mark Clauson nailed a two-run line drive over the center-field fence. Any Vauxhall runs had to come via the long ball. With only two walks, Coats wasn't issuing free passes, and with zero errors, the Twin Falls defense wasn't feeling charitable.

The Bruins busted the game open with a five-run fourth inning that featured four of Twin Falls' nine hits, capped by designated hitter Jayson Welker's RBI double. But Vauxhall was also its own worst enemy, first allowing an unearned run on a passed ball, then two more runs on a botched pick-off throw that ended up behind the right fielder.

"They helped us a little bit with the throwing errors. I was just happy Jacob could take advantage in those situations," Federico said.

Welker, right fielder Brody Hall, catcher Trevor Evans and second baseman Braden Box had two hits apiece for the Bruins.

The Jets got even in the second game, raking Twin Falls' pitchers for 11 hits, including three consecutive doubles in a five-run sixth inning. Federico said his pitchers struggled to find the plate, and when they did, Jets hitters hit the ball hard.

"They are good hitters, and you can't throw bad pitches to good hitters," Federico said.

Twin Falls (7-3) travels to Jerome to play the Tigers at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday.

Game 1

Twin Falls 6, Vauxhall Academy 2

Vauxhall Academy 000 002 0 â€" 2 7 3

Twin Falls 010 500 x â€" 6 9 0

Austin Cooper, Steven Inch and Jean Guy Bilodeau. Jacob Coats and Trevor Evans. WP: Coats. LP: Cooper.

Extra-base hits â€" 2B: Vauxhall, Mark Clauson, Chad Northcott. Twin Falls, Jayson Welker, Lionel Marill. 3B: Twin Falls, Evans. HR: Vauxhall, Clauson.

Game 2

Vauxhall 10, Twin Falls 2

Vauxhall 110 152 0 â€" 10 11 1

Twin Falls 000 200 0 â€" 2 8 3

WP: Brandon Petite. LP: Nick Yergensen.