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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Outlaws crush Sutherin, lose winning streak
By rongi yost
Correspondent
The Outlaws crushed
Sutherlin 17-1 in the league
opener on Monday, April 6,
in a game that only went five
innings due to the 10-run
rule. The win gave Sisters
their 49th straight confer-
ence win. Two days later,
the long winning streak was
broken. The Outlaws fell 3-2
in a heartbreaking loss at
Cottage Grove. On Friday, the
Outlaws bounced back with a
12-5 win at Sweet Home.
In Monday’s game, Sisters
cranked out 14 hits, and
once again had zero errors.
Sutherlin had two hits and
two errors in the contest.
Zach Morgan pitched
the first four innings for the
Outlaws and was the win-
ning pitcher for the Outlaws.
Morgan threw a good fastball
and recorded three strikeouts.
Ryan Cook came in to close
out the fifth.
Sisters exploded in the
third inning with 12 runs.
With one out, freshman Odin
Thorson hit a line drive over
the left-fielder’s head for two
RBI and got the rally started.
Other big hits in the inning
were Morgan’s three-run
homer to left field, and Justin
Harrer’s double for an RBI.
Harrer hit his second
home run in the fourth, which
scored two.
Cody Kreminski also had a
nice double and finished two-
for-four with three RBI.
Morgan, Harrer, and
Kreminski combined for a
total of 13 RBI.
Coach Steve Hodges said,
“Our defense shined! Our
infield-defense was so great.
We had excellent play from
Jonathan Luz (third base),
Alec Gannon (second base),
and Justin Harrer (shortstop).
They all made great plays
today.
“As happy as I am with our
defense today, I’m especially
happy with our offense. It was
a recipe for success. We said
we wanted to make a state-
ment to start off conference,
and I think we did.”
Two days later, Sisters
(No. 3) fell 3-2 at Cottage
Grove (No. 4). Sisters scored
their two runs off five hits,
and once again had a perfect
defensive performance with
zero errors, but sadly left 13
runners stranded on base. The
Lions scored three runs off
five hits and committed two
errors.
As happy as I am
with our defense today,
I’m especially happy
with our offense. It was
a recipe for success.
— Coach steve hodges
Sisters scored their first
run in the third off an RBI-
single from Kreminski, and
in the fourth, Alec Gannon
scored on an error when the
ball went under the third-
baseman’s glove.
Hodges told The Nugget
that the Outlaws hadn’t lost a
conference game since 2011,
and it was a very emotional
loss.
On Friday, the Outlaws
were back on track and posted
a big win over the Huskies.
Morgan had six strikeouts
photo by Jerry balDoCk
Justin harrer had a hot bat for the outlaws last week, hitting for power and multiple rBI.
in the contest and was the
winning pitcher of record.
“Zach got ahead in the
count a lot, and he made guys
chase pitches that were out of
the strike-zone. His fastball
was good, and today he added
a curve-ball for strikes,” said
Hodges.
Sisters was on top 3-2
after four innings, and broke
it open in the fifth. Every run-
ner in the line-up got on base
and the Outlaws tacked on
eight runs.
Ben Larson started off
with the count at 0-2, and hit a
high fastball into right-center
for a double. Morgan scored
Larson on a single. Thorson
hit a double over the center-
fielder’s head for a double and
scored Morgan.
Alec Gannon hit an RBI
single, and Jon Luz and Alex
Olivier followed with singles.
Harrer drew a walk to load
the bases. Ryan Funk’s dou-
ble down the right-field line
scored two, and Kreminski’s
single scored a run. Sisters
went up 11-2 and held on for
the win.
Harrer went two-for-two
with three RBI, Kreminski
went three-for-four with an
RBI, and Morgan was two-
for-four with an RBI.
“With our loss against
Cottage Grove, we got to
know what it felt like to be
on the other side,” stated
Hodges. “But, we showed
we could bounce back after
48 hours and get after it. The
guys showed mental tough-
ness, and they competed and
performed, and put the loss
behind them.”
The Outlaws were to play
at home against Elmira on
Monday, April 13. They will
play at home against Junction
City on Wednesday, April 15,
and two days later will travel
to Sutherlin.
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