Wednesday, April 19, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Baseball team suffers first loss of season
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Outlaws started their
week with a 17-2 win over
Junction City (JC), but split
games in their double-header
at home against Cottage
Grove (CG) on Friday. On
Saturday, they beat Dayton
5-1 in a non-league game.
In Tuesday’s game, teams
played in very cold weather
and constant rain, which
didn’t seem to deter them all,
as Sisters posted an impres-
sive win over the visiting
Tigers. The Outlaws got their
runs off 10 hits and JC scored
their two runs off three hits.
The Outlaws’ bats were
on fire, and in two innings
of play the team had already
racked up their 17 runs. In the
first, they tallied eight quick
runs off key hits from Alec
Gannon, Austin Morss, Ryan
Funk, and a double from
Christopher Luz.
They continued to pound
the ball in the second, and sin-
gles from Jake Larson, Turner
Stutzman, Zack Morgan, and
a double from Ryan Cook
helped with the run produc-
tion. The game was called
after five innings due to the
10-run rule.
Morgan threw the first two
innings, recorded three strike-
outs, and was the winning
pitcher.
Coach Steve Hodges said,
“We just wanted to throw
strikes and a lot of fastballs
to get the lead. We hit the ball
well, and our guys played
pretty good defense consider-
ing the conditions.”
On Friday, the Outlaws
shut out Cottage Grove 10-0
in five innings in the first
game of the double-header.
Sisters got 10 runs on 10
hits and had two errors in the
game.
In the second inning, Zach
Morgan got the Outlaws scor-
ing started with a solo home
run 350 feet over the right-
center fence. Cook followed
with a double and then Jett
Mingus drove in Cook with a
base hit.
Sisters tallied two more
runs in the third. Morgan had
an RBI single, and then scored
on a sacrifice fly from Cook.
The Outlaws finished busi-
ness in the fifth. Singles from
Christopher Luz, Jake Larson,
Mingus, and a double from
Ryan Funk, combined with
several walks, gave Sisters six
additional runs.
Turner Stutzman had a
walk-off single to right field
to end the game.
Morgan threw a two-hitter
shut-out in five innings of play.
“Zach had outstand-
ing control and got ahead of
hitters,” said Hodges. “They
(CG) were always hitting in
negative counts. Zach had
seven strike-outs and threw a
lot of first-pitch strikes.”
In regards to the win,
Hodges said, “The key was
that we really strung hits
together and had great pitch-
ing. We played good baseball.
It was one of our better games
this year.”
In the second game, the
Outlaws’ bats went cold and
they were unable to score a
single run. The Lions scored
their one run in the fifth on an
infield single.
The Outlaws hit a lot of
balls in the air, and when
they did hit a grounder, they
either couldn’t get it out of the
infield, or they hit it directly
into the hands of the defense.
Sisters had the bases
loaded in the third and were
unable to score, and in the
fifth, they started with a lead-
off double and couldn’t score
in that inning, either.
Hodges noted that Cook
pitched a good game for the
Outlaws, but the offense was
unable to support him.
“We just couldn’t get a
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hit when we needed it,” said
Hodges. “Our offense sput-
tered. Baseball’s a funny
game. We scored 10 runs in
five, and then couldn’t even
score one in seven. A key
play could have changed the
course of the game.”
At home on Saturday, the
Outlaws defeated Dayton 5-1
in a non-league game. Prior to
the game, Dayton was ranked
No. 3 in 3A and held a record
of 9-1.
The Outlaws got their five
runs off five hits and zero
errors and Dayton scored their
lone run in the seventh inning
off seven hits and one error.
It was a scoreless contest
until the bottom of the fifth
inning, when Ryan Cook, with
runners at first and second, hit
a ball to left-center field. The
fielder lost the ball in the sun
and the Outlaws scored two.
The Outlaws are currently
5-1 in league and 13-1 over-
all. On Friday, April 21, the
Outlaws will travel to Sweet
Home for a game against the
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