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The Clackamas Print Wednesday, April 20, 2011 sportsed@clackamas. edu BASEBALL: Continued from Page 1 The batting for the Cougars sprung to life in the bottom qf the eighth. Four quick runs renewed the chatter from the Clackamas dugout as the home team pulled to within seven runs. The comeback, however, fizzled far short of satisfactory, and the inning ended with the Saints still holding on to a commanding 12-5 lead. In the ninth and final inning, Mt. Hood would tack on one more run and hold Clackamas scoreless to wrap up a trouncing of the Cougars. The sun and the happy attitude had long since faded. Robinson and his play ers huddled up to regroup before the break between games, and then scattered, looking for answers. “They’re the best team in our league right now, and they’re the team that’s way ahead of everybody else, and they showed it right there that they should be,” said Robinson. “We’ve got a lot of real good kids that are competing, but they’re young they’re inexperi enced and they didn’t handle good pitching very well, which is typical for a lot of young lads.” “I think everyone came out flat,” said second base man Austin Keifer, a freshman from Lake City, Idaho. “We thought we were just going to roll through it, and it showed. They came out to play and we didn’t (In the second game,) we’re going to have to make some changes. We’re going to see what some new kids can do; bring in some new fire.” The most important change, however, would be to change the level of concentration and minimize costly errors. “I’ve thrown worse; they just took advantage of the mistakes I made,” said starting sophomore pitcher Marshall Crawford. “I think we just need to refocus and try to forget about that last game. We’re just as good as them, they just took advantage.” Despite the positive attitude of the team and the willingness to work hard and compete, the Cougars were again smoked, this time to the tune of 13-2, accented by a six run second inning for the Saints. At the end of the day, Mt. Hood had scored 26 runs on 31 base hits and had forced seven errors to only one of their own. The only highlight in the second game was a two-run homer by sophomore Nick Onley, and the Cougars left their home field with their tails between their legs. 4 John Howard CiflctimasB Second baseman Austin Keifer reaches to tag a Mt. Hood player diving during the first game of last Tuesd y double-header. The Cougars lost both games by a combined score of 26-7. Game 1 - Mt Hood 13 Clackamas 5 Runs 13 Inning MHCC CCC Game 2 - Mt Hood 13 Hits 19 7 Clackamas 2 Runs 13 2 Inning MHCC CCC Hits 12 9 Errors 0____ 4 We thought we were just going to roll through it, and it showed. They came out to \play and we didn’t. Austin Keifer Cougar Second Baseman Katie Aamatti Clackamas Print Clackamas shortstop Tyler Arnold reaches for a ball while Mt, Hood’s Trevor Cass slides in to second base. Katie Aamatti Clackamt Cougar catcher Cole Rise surveys the infield. Clackamas committed seven errors in two games Mariners preseason success hasn’t tranferred into regular season wl 4 ¿Take me out to the ball game. Take me out with the crowd ... For it’s one, two, three strikes you’re out, at the old ball game.” -Jack Norworth As many of you guys, know it’s baseball season time. Time to play ball! Personally I’m not a Seattle Mariners fan. I’m an Oakland fan, but the Mariners are the “local” team so let’s have a go about the season ahead. The Mariners finished with a horrible 61-101 record last year, By Robbert Morrison last in the American League West Division. They were one of only Sports Editor two teams to lose 100 games, so they had a lot to improve on. Some of the high points last year were the continued hitting of right fielder Ichiro Suzuki, the acquisition of Justin Smoak at ffrst base and the con tinued improvement of Felix Hernandez. The team expected infielder Chone Figgins to improve his play, but he fell short of that expectation. During the off-season the team looked to improve by adding some players. Infielder Brendan Ryan, infielder Adam Kennedy, catcher Miguel Olivo, and designated hitter Jack Cust were some of their acquisitions. The Mariners knew Kennedy and Cust very and Athletics Athletics last year. Olivo and Oust well as they both played for the Oakland ile Kennedy and Ryan were signed for de de signed to be starters for the team while because of a shortstop and second base position full of injuries. The team went into this year’s Spring Training with big hopes 11 few position battles. The Mariners would go on to finish spring wit nice 16-13 record, fifth best in the American League. Spring train is typically thought of as more of non-competitive games, uni» are those players that are playing for a job. The team’s starting center outfielder Franklin Gutierrez mis multiple games during spring training with a stomach issue and team decided to place him on the disabled list to start the seas With the loss of Gutierrez both Ryan Langerhans and Vlid Saunders took over the center field position. The team alsoI< closer David Aardsma to the DL for the start of die season. ■ During spring training, a few rookies showed that thaw what it takes to be in the majors. Luis Rodríguez made the team backup third base and shortstop. Michael Pineda clinched a spot the starting rotation for the Mariners with a good spring. The team has started the year with a cold offensive that has resul in a 4-11 record, to start 2011. The team has struggled to score ruisav when the pitching staff does great If the Mariners can get their o ffensagon they could very well be a force. They have a lot to improve on to make playa but it is still early in the season.
