The Clackamas print., May 03, 2000, Page 6, Image 6

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WedNEsdAy, MAy 5, 2000
BASEBALL: Tuesday, vs. Lane; 1 p.m.
Sports
SOFTBALL: Friday, vs. LCC; 3 p.m.
TRACK: Saturday, @ Mt. Hood Open
Squad falls out
of playoff race
After opening the season 4-1, the
baseball team has lost 11 of 12
MANDY GOOD
to the team's downslide
on the field. “The team’s
morale needs to pick up.”
The Clackamas baseball team
The Cougars returned
began the season with high home Saturday to play
hopes of being number one in the Mt. Hood.
league, but the team’s high hopes
Palmer pitched the first
have been slowly deflated as game, losing 14-0, with
Coach Robinson’s team is hav­ nine errors. Schofield
ing a tough time pulling them­ picked up the loss in the
selves out of their recent slump. second game, 7-2, with
The squad played two games only two errors.
against Linn-Benton Tuesday,
In the second game of
and played two games at home the day, fans saw a
against Mt. Hood on Saturday. glimpse of the winning
All four of the games ended in Cougars.
Cougar losses.
The team stepped off
When the Cougars played Linn- the field with a lower tally
Benton, it was a low scoring day of errors, and Matt Cooksey had
on the Cougar side. In addition to a good day of hitting.
lack of runs, the
“Matt Cooksey
’
-
team accumu­
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■
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hit really well on
lated eleven er­
that day. He hit
[Players] are
rors. Greg Palmer
2-for-6, a double
coming onto the
(3-4) pitched the
and a homerun.
first game against field expecting to
The homerun
Linn-Benton,
was the first of
lose
...
the
team's
and the final
the season,”
score was 12-3,
morale needs to
said Coyle. “He
with 6 errors.
hit really well
pick up.
Ryan Oliver (1-2)
for us. He has
Allan Coyle
pitched the sec­
done very well
Assistant Coach
ond game of the
against
Mt.
day, with a final
Hood all year.”
score of 3-0 and
The squad will
a total of 5 errors.
have the opportunity to play two
“[Players] are coming onto the teams this week that they have
field expecting to lose. That has beat earlier in the season.
been a problem in the last few
The team played Chemeketa
games,” explained Assistant yesterday and will play South­
Coach Allan Coyle, in response western Oregon (SWOCC) Fri-
Sports Editor
JOHN THORBURN / Clackamas Print
day and Saturday at Coos Bay.
Results for yesterday's games
were not available at press time.
The Cougars are 3-1 against
Chemeketa and they are 2-0
against SWOCC.
“We have gone back to ba­
sic drills and we are trying to
build confidence through that.
If they feel that they can do all
of that stuff, then we feel that
they will have a little more con­
fidence in their game,” ex­
plained Coyle, about rebuilding
the team’s confidence on the
field. “So maybe we will make
a little run and save face.
NTARY
[Above] Clackamas' Mike
Armstrong fouls off a pitch in
a 14-0 losing effort to Mt.
Hood last Saturday.
[Left] Mt. Hood players
congratulate their teammate
after scoring a run against
the Cougars.
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