PAGE A16, KEIZERTIMES, AUGUST 20, 2021
Campesinos clinch regular season crown
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
There may still be two weeks left in
the regular season, but the Campesinos
can already call themselves champions.
After going up 10-0 in the third
inning, the Mavericks staged a wild
comeback in the fi nal seven frames. But
it wasn't enough as the Campesinos
took home the 14-11 victory on
Thursday, Aug. 12, offi cially clinching
the inaugural Mavericks League regu-
lar season championship and the top
seed in the postseason — which will
take place Sept. 2-4.
“This has been a special season,
and I am glad our guys are staying
in the moment and enjoying every
chance they get to come to the ball-
park,” Campesinos manager Daniel
Robertson said.
“This is a phenomenal group of
guys to play with. We knew where we
wanted to be at the end of the season.
We knew it was going to take the work
to get here and that’s what we did. I’ve
never seen a group of guys that grind
like us,” added Campesinos outfi elder
Joseph Nunn Jr.
Both teams went scoreless in the
fi rst frame, but in the bottom of the sec-
ond, the Campesinos off ense began to
put their mark on this game.
Back-to-back hits by Trevor
Morrison and Eric Whitfi eld gave
the Campesinos two runners in
on the
DIAMOND
Drew Bayard drives a ball to the outfield in the third inning of the Campesinos 14-11 win over the Mavericks. Photo by MATT RAWLINGS of Keizertimes
This has been a special
season and I am glad our
guys are staying in the
moment and enjoying
every chance they get to
come to the ballpark.
— DANIEL ROBERTSON
Campesinos manager
scoring position. After an RBI-
groundout by Sergio Rey, the
Campesinos took advantage
of a pair of Mavericks errors
to put two more on the board.
Moments later, another RBI-
groundout, this time cour-
tesy of Patrick Chung, put the
Campesinos up 4-0.
In the bottom of the third,
Nunn knocked a two-run double
into the left-center fi eld alley to
extend the lead to 6-0.
“The key for me was to attack
early, watch for balls in the dirt. I know
he wasn’t coming with anything too
overpowering, so I scooted up in the
box a little and looked for something
middle-away. Next pitch, that’s what
I got and hit a double to left-center,”
Nunn said.
Nick Ybarra followed with a two-
run double of his own to make the
score 8-0. After an RBI-hit by Chung,
Mavericks manager Jon Embree took
starter Garrett Alvarez out of the game
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