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Wednesday, May 20, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Outlaws post three wins on the diamond
By rongi Yost
Correspondent
Sisters started their week
with a very close game that
ended in a 7-6 victory at
Junction City (JC) on Tuesday,
May 12. Three days later the
Tigers traveled to Sisters and
the Outlaws once again pre-
vailed with a 13-3 win that
was over in six innings due to
the mercy rule. On Saturday,
the Outlaws hosted Burns and
came from behind to win 7-6
in extra innings.
In Tuesday’s action, the
Outlaws scored seven runs
on 14 hits and had one error
in the contest. Junction City
scored six runs on eight hits
and had two errors in the
game.
Sisters got four runs in
the first inning. Jonathan Luz
reached first on a walk, and
Alex Olivier followed with a
bunt single. Harrer stepped up
to the plate and ripped a shot
345 feet over the left-field
fence for a three-run homer.
The Outlaws’ final run of the
inning was a solo home run
by Ryan Funk that sailed over
the left-field wall.
The Outlaws held the lead
for the remainder of the con-
test. Sisters’ game-winning
run came in the top of the sev-
enth. Ben Larson hit an RBI
ground ball into right field to
score Cody Kreminski.
JC rallied in the bottom
of the seventh and scored
two runs, but then Luz made
an incredible defensive play
at shortstop for the Outlaws.
Jonathan dove and grabbed a
ground ball and tagged sec-
ond base with his glove for
the out.
“It was an amazing play,”
said Coach Steve Hodges. “It
was a potential game-saver.
If that ball would have went
through, they would have
scored two runs with no outs.
It really put the momentum
back in our favor.”
Luz had an outstanding
game, going three-for-four at
the plate, and Kreminski was
two-for-four. Cody scored the
winning run in the seventh.
Kreminski was down in the
count at one-two, and got a
base hit.
At home on Friday, the
Outlaws took care of busi-
ness in record time and beat
the Tigers by 10. Morgan won
the game on the mound for
Sisters and pushed his record
to 10-0.
On Saturday, the Outlaws
trailed Burns the entire game,
but battled back in the bottom
of the eighth to notch the win
in an exciting finish.
Alex Olivier pitched the
first four innings, and then
Jonathan Luz came in and did
a great job for the Outlaws for
three-and-two-thirds innings.
Odin Thorson finished for
the Outlaws. Odin pitched to
one batter, struck him out, and
recorded the win.
Sisters was down 3-4 with
two outs, in the bottom of the
seventh, with no runners on
base, and was able to tie it up
and force the game into extra
innings.
Jonathan Luz started the
rally with a line drive up the
middle for a base hit. Burns’
left-handed pitcher tried to
pick Luz off at first, but the
throw was off, and Luz was
able to advance to third.
Two pitches later, the
pitcher threw a ball into the
dirt that went to the back-
stop, and Luz scored to tie it
up at 4-4. The seventh ended
in a tie, and the game went to
extra innings.
The Highlanders got two
runs in the top of the eighth,
and re-gained the lead, 6-4.
With two outs, and a runner
on base, Thorson came in to
pitch for the Outlaws. Odin
struck out Burns’ No. 4 hitter
to keep the score at 6-4.
Sisters headed to the dug-
out for their turn at the plate.
Harrer got the Outlaws going
with a double to left-center
field. Ryan Funk hit the ball
all the way to the right-center
wall for a double and scored
Harrer to narrow the gap to
6-5.
Hodges decided to put
freshman Christopher Luz in
to pinch-run for Funk. A pitch
was thrown in the dirt, Luz
raced for third base, and beat
the tag. Morgan struck out
on a three-two fastball and
then Thorson took his at-bat.
Odin had a 10-pitch at-bat,
and fouled off one ball after
another until he finally drew
the walk, which put runners
at first and third. Kreminski
walked to load the bases,
and then Larson worked the
count and walked to tie the
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Justin Harrer and odin Thorson celebrate victory over Junction City.
game 6-6.
Gannon hit the ball off
the end of his bat and sent
the ball spinning toward the
pitcher. The pitcher grabbed
the ball but overthrew the ball
at home, Luz slid in to score,
and the Outlaws got the win.
Hodges said, “Today had a
playoff atmosphere for sure.
We had to come from behind
and that gave us confidence.
On Friday, we were ranked
third in the state rankings, but
with the win over Burns (20-3
record) on the last day for cut-
offs, we locked in a second-
place state ranking, which is
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Sisters finished league
with a 13-2 record, and are
currently 21-3 overall. This
marks the fifth consecutive
year the Outlaws have won
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