PAGE A10, KEIZERTIMES, MARCH 29, 2019
McNary can’t come back against Tigard
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
The McNary softball squad
had every chance to get back
into the game, but at the end
of the day, they couldn’t cash in
on multiple opportunities.
After digging themselves
into a 4-0 hole, the Celtics
came back to cut the lead to
one later in the game and even
brought the tying run to the
plate with no outs in the top of
the seventh. McNary, however,
couldn’t take advantage as they
fell to Tigard 6-4 on Friday,
March 22.
Taylor Ebbs and Kate Ron-
ning had two hits apiece to lead
the Celtics.
Tigard got their fi rst run off
McNary pitcher Faith Danner
in the bottom of the fi rst on
a two-out wild pitch, but the
Tigers were able to break the
game open in the bottom of
the second.
After starting the frame with
a line-out, Tigard loaded the
bases back-to-back singles and
a hit-batter.
It looked like Danner might
get out of the inning with no
damage as she got the next bat-
ter to ground into a fi elder’s
choice. But Maddie Hoover’s
two-run single to center fi eld
put the Tigers on top 3-0.
Danner would surrender
another RBI-hit to the follow-
ing batter as Tigard took a 4-0
lead into the third inning.
“(Danner’s)
movement
pitches just weren’t breaking.
They were left out over the
plate,” McNary head coach
Kevin Wise said “With a good
team like Tigard, you can’t do
that.”
After not getting a base
knock in the fi rst two frames,
the McNary offense woke up
in the top of the third.
With one out in the inning,
nine-batter Kamryn Miller be-
gan the McNary threat with a
single to center, putting Mc-
Nary back at the top of the
lineup.
Alexa Cepeda followed with
a double down the right fi eld
line to give the Celtics two
runners in scoring position.
Ronning kept the rally go-
ing with an RBI infi eld single
— and slid head fi rst into the
bag to beat the throw.
Ebbs nearly tied the game
in the next at-bat as the soph-
omore launched a towering fl y
ball that hit off the top of the
wall in right fi eld. She had to
instead settle for an RBI-dou-
ble that cut the lead to 4-2.
Ronning scored on a wild
pitch two batters later to get
the Celtics within one.
After a rough fi rst two
frames, Danner seemed to set-
tle in as she was able to toss
three straight scoreless innings
to keep the defi cit at 4-3.
The Celtics had a golden
opportunity to take the lead
Celts place fi fth at tourney
Submitted
The Celtics fi fth grade
tournament team of Keizer
Youth Basketball Association
placed fi fth at the Oregon
Middle School Basketball
Championships, which took
place in Sisters on March 9th
and 10th.
of the seventh.
Tigard pitcher Sophia
VanderSommen gave free pass-
es to Miller and Cepeda to start
the inning, putting McNary in
business. Ronning tried to get
aboard via bunt to load the bas-
es, but was thrown out at fi rst.
An RBI-groundout by Ebbs
brought in Miller in to make
the score 6-4. But VanderSom-
men got Covalt to groundout
to third to end the game.
“We left too many people
on base,” Wise said. “We need
to fi gure out how to manufac-
ture those runs a little bit bet-
ter. But I liked the resiliency
that we showed.”
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
McNary second baseman Abbi Covalt throws out a runner at
fi rst in the Celtics 6-4 loss to Tigard.
in top of the fi fth as one-out
singles from Ronning and Ebbs
gave McNary runners on fi rst
and second with the heart of
the order coming up.
Cleanup hitter Abbi Covalt
squared around to fake a bunt
to try to free up Ronning and
Ebbs for a double steal. But Ti-
gard anticipated the play-call
and rotated their shortstop over
to third to nail Ronning trying
to steal third.
“Thinking back on it, I
probably should have had (Co-
valt) bunt instead of fake bunt,”
Wise said. “But we also felt like
we wanted to start pushing the
issue and stealing a little bit. If
it worked, it would have been a
huge boost for us.”
Covalt ended up walking,
but Hannah Ebner grounded
out to end the inning.
Tigard got a pair of insur-
ance runs in the bottom of the
sixth on consecutive RBI-dou-
bles to go up 6-3 entering the
fi nal frame — which ended
up being crucial as McNary
put themselves in a position to
score multiple runs in the top
Front row (left to right):
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