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Celts get walk-off win over Crescent Valley
SPORTS
McNary sophomore Cooper Cripe scores the game-winning run as the Celtics defeated Crescent Valley 4-3
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
On senior night, it was a sophomore
that came through for the McNary base-
ball team with the game on the line.
With the score tied 3-3 in the bot-
tom of the eighth, Noah Fischer hit
a bloop single that landed just to the
right of the left field foul line. The base
hit scored Cooper Cripe from third
base and gave the Celtics the 4-3 walk-
off victory against Crescent Valley on
Friday, May 7.
“I have had a few walk-offs before,
but never at the varsity level. It is such
a surreal feeling,” Fischer said.
“The bottom line is when you put the
ball in play you give yourself a chance,”
McNary head coach Larry Keeker
added. “It was a good victory for us. We
have been playing better baseball and
the results have shown that.”
While Fischer was the hero, the key
for McNary — who trailed for almost the
entire game — was their pitching staff,
who gave up just one earned run over
eight innings.
“Our pitching was good all night. It
was a great outing from all of our guys,”
McNary right-hander Eben Mayer said.
Crescent Valley got a pair of runs
with two outs in the top of the second
after an error by Fischer at third base.
But the Celtics were able to get a run
back in the bottom half of the frame
thanks to an RBI-groundout from
Aaron Nease.
Despite struggling with a blister
on his throwing hand, McNary starter
Dante Olivo threw 3.1 innings — his
longest outing of the season — for the
Celtics and didn't give up an earned
run.
“Dante had an awesome start for us.
He isn't coming out if it wasn't for the
(injury) to his throwing hand,” Keeker
said.
Nease replaced Olivo on the bump
with one on and one out in the top of
the fourth. The senior right-hander got
into some trouble as the Raiders got two
runners in scoring position, but Nease
Photo by MATT RAWLINGS of Keizertimes
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