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SPORTS THE CLACKAMAS PRINT April 11,1990 Page 8 Cougars take 5 of 6 to start off season Baseball winners I am going to try and pre dict how some of the teams in basebal 1 are going to fare. I tried this during football season for a person at work How did I do? Let’s just say it is a good thing he didn’t follow the advice too closely. I am going to try it again because I figure everyone needs a good laugh. Let’s try this by leagues, first the American league. This is where you have the defend ing World Series winners the Oakland Athletics. But I am sorry I just can’t go with them. Besides losing some key play ers, they achieved their goal of getting back to the world series and winning it. I think they will get a little lackadasial. On the other hand, I am not going to go out on a small limb and pick some one like the Detroit Tigers, please ... they need help getting to five hundred. I think it will be a tight race between the Kansas City Roy als, California Angels and the Toronto Blue Jays and the Ath letics. They have all picked up people who are supposed to help last year’s weaknesses. But when it comes right down to it, it will be the Royals. They already had one of the leagues strongest pitching, but they have added a Cy Young winner and another who is a proven winner. Pretty soon, Bo is going to know world series. Let’s move on to the Na tional League. I will say right now that unless the San Fran- sico Giants can make an injury- free pitcher out of thin air they aren’t going to repeat. Kevin Mitchell and Will Clark can cany you far, but not all the way to the top. (They must have done the pitching with mirrors). Chicago Cubs could be on top again but with their karma not likely. They need a few horrible years to really make it count when they attempt towin again. So let’s go with the New York Mets, San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers making a play for it When it comes down,I think it will be the Padres. Why am I not picking the Mets you ask? Look at that pitching staff you say. I don’t think they can hold it together long enough during the season to come out in one piece. While there were no fights during photo day, the question of Davey Johnson staying was raised quite often. How secure do you think he js? Yes, I am going with the Padres. Don’t ask me for spe cificdetails why. It is just a feel ing, or call it women’s intui tion, whatever I don’t care. They seem to have built themselves a little stronger, and what the heck, let’s get someone new in the limelight by Staa Beard Sports Editor After a sluggish preseason that saw the team finish at 500, the women’s softball team have put the regular season on the right track. They have taken their six games and turned it into a 5-1 record. The first regular season match up was a double header against Olympic which the Cougars split, winning the first 8-1 but losing the second in extra innings 3-2. Angie Baker pitched a strong game to earn her fourth victory. Four others put in strong per formances to give the Cougars their win Kristi Northcutt went 2-3 with three runs, and Lisa Williamson went 2-4. K.C. Jones connected only once with the bat but that brought in 3 RBI. Julie Troutner came up with the biggest hit going 2-4 with one homerun and knock ing in three runs. The second game wasn’t so kind as Olympic rallied in the eight inning to steal the game. “There are three things that I want the team to do and if they do ityou can’t be upset when we lose. Those are to have one or less er rors, hit hard and don’t pop up and no mental mistakes. We did all three of those things I think the god of softball didn’t intend for us to win today,” stated Coach Paul Fiskum. Two freshmen did come up with productive games^ulie Shekel and Jenny Wimberly both went 2- 3. Stickel also came up with a triple and Wimberly with one RBI. The next opponent Grays Harbor gotatasteofwhat Clacka mas can do when the bats are in full gear, as they got routed 12-0. Wimberly carried the biggest bat going 3-3 with 3 RBIs and one homerun. Stickel also popped a homer while going 3-4 with three more RBI. Northcutt and Tricia Soli also had a good days going 3- 5 and 2-4. In the second game, the bats took little longer to get active. Going into the seventh inning the score was 3-1 but the Cougars exploded for six runs for the 9-1 victory. Jill Schnell and Wimberly both went 2-3 with Schnell knock ing in 3 RBI. Jenny Houck went 2- 4 with 1 RBI. Offense wasn’t the only thing going strong as Baker collected her fifth win of the season. Fresh men Linda Gross achieved her first collegiate win in the second game with a 10 strike out, no walks performance. “Baker has been throwing well all season. Gross had a great game she was in command the whole way,” explained Fiskum. Clackamas’ next opponent Lower Columbia who Fiskum felt was one of their toughest oppo nents, but Clackamas came away with two more victories going 4-2 and 3-2. “Their pitcher is very tough with an excellent rise. She can move the ball around well. It was good to beat them in a close game on the road,” said Fiskum. The first game stretched to 10 innings when Stickel came up with the clutch hit that knocked in Jacquie Romine for the winning run. Baker again had a winning outing striking out nine and mov ing her win loss record to 6-1. On the mound in the second game, Heather McCorkle had her best outing of the season giving up only 4 hits, 2 walks while strik ing out five. Troutner was the only Cou- gar needed to bring all three runs across the plate going 2-3 with a double and a 'triple. The Cougars will be home next Tuesday for their first game against Tacoma. Their only home Saturday match will be on April 14 against South Puget Sound; the game will start at 2 p.m. Pitcher Heather McCorkle warms up for the second game against Olympic. Clackamas lost in eight innings 2-3. B __ Photo by Tim Zivney Competitiveness level raised by diamond men by Mark A. Borrelli Editor in—Chief Despite losing 3-4 games this past week, the Clackamas baseball team has been competitive, and has shown great improvement. In the team’s second league game of the year, the Cougars hosted Linn-Benton last Tuesday. Tim Arendell started on the mound but one inning cost Clackamas the game. Clackamas trailed only8-6 Road Runners capitalized on 5 Cougar errors, and scored 11 runs to break the game wide open. Arendell,, tired in the 8th and was replaced by Ryan Gillette. Aren- dell picked up the loss, dropping his record to 1-3. “We played really well through seven. We jiret don’t have enough pitching to stay with a team that hits that well,” said Coach Robin Robinson. Jim Squires fires a pitch toward the batter. The Cougars went 3-4 for the first week of league action. Pho<oby ting parade for Clackamas, going 2-3 for the day.' Clackamas had just 5 hits, while Linn-Benton connected for 19 runs (6 earned), on 15 hits. Saturday, Clackamas hit the road to Salem to battle league power Chemeketa. John Miller started on the mound and pitched well after a shaky start. Cheme keta struck for 2 in the 1st, 3 in the 2nd and a run in the 3rd, before Miller settled down. Miller pitched 5 2/3, before being relieved by Arendell. The Cougar hitting wasn’t able to overcome an early hole, as they hit the ball well, but could only muster 2 runs, in losing 7-2. John Bennett went 2-4 at the plate, and picked up a RBI. Jim Squires also went 2-4, and Tim Ensley and David Grey each connected for a base hit “We played great baseball after the 2nd inning. We outplayed them after that’’ said Robinson. Once again it was the unearned runs that killed Clackamas, as just 3 of Chemeketa runs were earned. Clackamas stayed on the road Saturday and Sunday, as they took their road show to Eugene to Face The Universi ty of Oregon in non league action. Blues Buckles started on the mound for Clacka mas, and he gave the Duckbatters the blues, as Clackamas won 6-5. Buckles allowed just 2 earned runs in picking up his first run of the year. Jason Hawkins hit a 4th in ning two run dinger, and Ryan Gillette chipped in a 6th inning 2 RBI single, to help the Cougar offensive cause. In the second game of the double header, the Cougars didn’t fare as well, as they lost 12-10. Don Nelson started on the mound for Clackamas, and pitched well before tiring in the 5th. Ryan Gillette relieved Nelson, and picked up the loss. Jason Kraig carried the hot stick for the Cou gars, connecting for 2 two run homers. Kraig made good use of speed and power, as his first home run came inside the park, while his second left the park. Jim Squires also showed some pop in the bat, as he connected for 2-4, and a pair of RBI’s. Robinson, despite losing, was pleased with the way his team performed. “Don pitched very well through 5 innings,” said Robin son. The coach is also seeing his team improve. “We’re, getting better, we’re making some bad decisions at times, but we’re im proving, and playing competitive” said Robinson. The Cougars, 0-3 in league, and 3-10 overall, have a much needed 5 game home stand to look forward to starting this Saturday with Lane. inches D50 Illuminant, 2 degree observer Density GoldenThread
