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SPORTS 4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2015 ,ndians win ¿rstplaFe sKowdown By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian “He was real effective. You just have to tip your cap — he pitched really well,” said As- toria coach Dave Gasser, fol- lowing his team’s 2-1 loss to Scappoose Tuesday night at Aiken Field. “He” was Scappoose se- nior pitcher Blake Millar. ,W¶V QRW WKH ¿UVW WLPH WKH Indians have scored a one-run win over the Fishermen. But one-hitters are pretty rare for any pitcher facing Astoria. Millar had the honor in Tuesday’s win, as the Indians’ right-hander gave up only a seventh-inning single to As- toria’s Ryker Helmersen in a complete-game win. ³7KDWZDVDVPDQ\À\EDOOV as I’ve ever seen,” Gasser said of his own hitters. “It wasn’t EHFDXVHZHZHUHQ¶WWU\LQJ,W was just a good pitching per- formance.” Scappoose (9-1) takes a one-game lead in the league standings over Astoria (8-2). The Fishermen actually VWUXFN ¿UVW VFRULQJ RQH UXQ on two Scappoose errors in WKHERWWRPRIWKHVHFRQG -RH %UDZOH\ ZDV KLW E\ D pitch, took third on an error, and scored moments later on a ¿UVWDQGWKLUGVWHDO That was the end of Asto- ria’s offensive highlights. Millar retired nine of the QH[W EDWWHUV DQG DIWHU walking Ryan Palek in the ¿IWKKHUHWLUHGHLJKWRIWKH¿- nal nine he faced. Meanwhile, the Indians took advantage of a defensive EUHDNGRZQ E\ WKH )LVKHUPHQ LQWKHWRSRIWKH¿IWK Owen Fortney and Justin +HULQJ UHDFKHG RQ LQ¿HOG HU- rors, with Hering scoring the ¿UVW6FDSSRRVHUXQRQDWKLUG error. A fourth error allowed Hunter Holmason to sprint home for a 2-1 lead, as the In- dians had just one hit (a single E\-DNH)RUGLQWKHLQQLQJ Carter Wallace and Fritz Fremstad allowed just three Scappoose hits, with three strikeouts and four walks. Millar gave up one hit, with three strikeouts and three walks. Defensively, Astoria sec- RQGEDVHPDQ6DPER\7XLPD- WRWXUQHGDGRXEOHSOD\WR end a Scappoose threat in the ¿UVWLQQLQJDQG%UDZOH\KDG a catch at the fence to prevent a home run in the second. “We were in a position where if we had just squared XS WKUHH EDOOV LQ D URZ ZH would have won the game,” Gasser said. “But we never did it once. Somehow (Millar) stayed one step ahead of us.” In addition, “This is the third time in a row they’ve EHDWHQ XV KHUH´ *DVVHU VDLG of the Indians. “And I can’t UHPHPEHUHYHUORVLQJWKHUH´ The Fishermen return to play today vs. Valley Cath- olic. Astoria and Scappoose ¿QLVK WKH OHDJXH VHDVRQ 0D\ 15 at Scappoose. Valiants 13, Gulls 9 SEASIDE — Seaside took a 9-7 lead into the top of the VHYHQWK LQQLQJ EXW 9DOOH\ Catholic scored twice to force extra innings, then added four runs in the eighth, for a 13-9 victory over the Gulls at Broadway Field. Seaside had rallied from an HDUO\GH¿FLWZLWKWZRUXQV LQ WKH WKLUG DQG ¿YH UXQV LQ WKHERWWRPRIWKHVL[WK Seaside’s Astor Landwehr ZDV IRU ZLWK WZR 5%,V Brent Walsh had a two-run VLQJOHDQG2WWR+RHNVWUH¿Q- LVKHGIRUZLWKDGRXEOH Columbians sweep Warriors RAINIER — Rainier col- lected 19 hits on the day, and coupled with seven Warrenton HUURUV WKH &ROXPELDQV ZHUH DEOHWRSRVWDGRX- EOHKHDGHU VZHHS LQ WKH /HZ- LV &ODUN /HDJXH WZLQELOO Tuesday at Rainier. Rainier trailed 2-0 early in *DPHEHIRUHVFRULQJDUXQLQ the third, two in the fourth and RQHHDFKLQWKH¿IWKDQGVL[WK 7KH ¿UVW ¿YH 5DLQLHU EDW- WHUVUHDFKHGEDVHLQWKHIRXUWK inning rally. -RH/LWWOHKDGDGRXEOHIRU Warrenton, while Brock John- son and Hunter Michaelson each had two hits. /LWWOH EHOWHG D WZRUXQ KRPHU LQ WKH ¿UVW LQQLQJ RI Game 2, while Rainier scored six runs in the second inning for a 7-2 lead. Warrenton answered with six runs in the third to take JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian D EULHI OHDG EHIRUH WKH &R- OXPELDQVUHVSRQGHGZLWKWZR Astoria’s Ryker Helmersen, No. 1, collides with, and tags out Mason Reardon of Scappoose at the plate in the sixth UXQVLQWKHERWWRPRIWKHWKLUG inning of their baseball game Tuesday. DQGWKUHHPRUHLQWKH¿IWK Gavon McFadden had three hits to lead the Warriors, who were playing without leading hit- ter and runs leader Justice Watson. Knappa 11, Gaston 8 .1$33$ ² )RU WKH ¿UVW time since March 23, the Knappa Loggers actually had to go seven innings to win a game. Gaston managed to score a season-high eight runs on the /RJJHUVEXW.QDSSDVWLOOJRW the victory Tuesday at Teevin Field, 11-8, to clinch the Northwest League title. Knappa improves to 18-0 overall, 16-0 in league. The /RJJHUV KROG D ¿YHJDPH lead on Gaston and Portland /XWKHUDQZLWK¿YHJDPHVUH- maining. “In a lot of ways, they outplayed us today,” Knap- pa coach Jeff Miller said of the Greyhounds. “We were making too many mental mistakes, and we ran into the EHVW SLWFKHU 7UHYRU 5H\Q- olds) we’ve seen in over a month. “They know how to hit the EDOO DQG ZH¶UH ORRNLQJ IRU- ZDUGWRDEDWWOH)ULGD\GRX- EOHKHDGHUDW*DVWRQ´ Chase Rusinovich got the win in relief for Knappa, striking out 13 with one walk. Nate Truax was 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Jason Miller and Justin Dragoo also scored two runs apiece for the Loggers. SOFTBALL Seaside 5, Tillamook 2 TILLAMOOK — Seaside has taken over the third place spot in the Cowapa League VRIWEDOO VWDQGLQJV DQG QRZ the league’s hottest team will take a shot at second-place Scappoose Friday. 7KH *XOOV FHOHEUDWHG WKHLU latest victory Tuesday, 5-2 at Tillamook, as Seaside turned WZR GRXEOH SOD\V ² LQFOXG- ing one to end the game — to hold off the Cheesemakers. 6HDVLGH KRVWV D GRXEOH- header showdown with Scap- poose Friday at Broadway Field. The Gulls took advantage of numerous walks in Tues- day’s win, while Jetta Ideue got the complete-game victo- ry in the circle. %ULDQQD %DEELWW DQG %ULWWDQ\ :HVW ERWK KDG ELJ run-scoring hits for Seaside, ZKLOH %DEELWW FDXJKW D OLQH GULYH DQG ÀLSSHG WKH EDOO WR JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Ryan Palek, No. 5, tags out Scappoose’s Owen Fortney, No. 7. ONLINE More photos at www.dailyastorian.com Astoria’s Joe Brawley, No. 11, robs a home run from Scappoose’s Owen Parsons in the second inning of their baseball game. JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Whitney Westerholm for a JDPHHQGLQJ GRXEOH SOD\ LQ the seventh. Valiants 7, Astoria 6 BEAVERTON — Astoria VFRUHGIRXUUXQVLQWKH¿UVWLQ- ning and two in the second for DOHDGEXW9DOOH\&DWKROLF rallied and scored an eventual 7-6 over the Lady Fish, in a &RZDSD/HDJXHVRIWEDOOJDPH Tuesday in Beaverton. The Valiants scored three runs in the third and two in the sixth to pull within 6-5, then scored twice in the seventh. Caitlyn Hougham had two RI$VWRULD¶V¿YHKLWV Knappa 6, Gaston 2 KNAPPA — The Knappa Lady Loggers are one step closer to wrapping up the Northwest League champion- ship, as they cruised past Gas- ton 6-2 Tuesday at Knappa. Knappa improves to 10-0 in league play, and needs to win just one of its next two to clinch the league title. Logger pitcher Kacie Cameron shutdown the Grey- hounds, tossing a six-hitter shutout with nine strikeouts. Alyson Olheiser was 1-for- 3 at the plate, and tracked GRZQ¿YHÀ\EDOOVLQWKHRXW- ¿HOGWRKHOSWKH/RJJHUVKROG on for the win. In Lewis & Clark League play, Rainier swept Warrenton 24-0 and 14-0. Scappoose wins girls’ golf district title The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — Syrina Revis of Scappoose was the only player to shoot under 100, as she led the Indians to a Cowapa League golf tourna- ment win Tuesday at the Asto- ULD*ROI&RXQWU\&OXE Scappoose posted a 416 team score, to top Valley Cath- olic (476) and Astoria (560). Banks, Seaside and Tillamook ¿HOGHGLQFRPSOHWHWHDPV Revis carded a 99 to take medalist honors, ahead of teammates Baylee Maloney (104) and Morgan Hall (104), with Astoria’s Chloee Hunt and Seaside’s Caroline Kot- son tying for fourth at 106. Other scoring golfers for the Lady Fish were Sadie Wooldridge (16th, 134), Kar- la Mandujano (17th, 148) and Kira Barela (19th, 172). Samantha Wozniak (13th) shot a 120 for the Gulls, and Diana Tinoco was 18th with a 153. All Cowapa schools qual- ify for state next week in a two-day regional tournament. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Baseball — Valley Catholic at As- toria, 5 p.m.; Tillamook at Seaside, 5 p.m. Track — Scappoose at Astoria, 3:30 p.m.; Seaside at Banks, 3:30 p.m.; Warrenton at Oregon Episco- pal, 3:30 p.m. FRIDAY Baseball — Astoria at Tillamook, 5 p.m.; Seaside at Banks, 5 p.m.; Portland Christian at Warrenton (2), 3:30 p.m.; Knappa at Gaston (2), 3 p.m. Softball —Banks at Astoria (2), 4 p.m.; Scappoose at Seaside (2), 4 p.m.; Portland Christian at Warren- ton (2), 3:30 p.m.; Knappa at Gas- ton (2), 3 p.m. FREE Asthma and COPD Education and Health Fair 1O a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 9 Providence Seaside Hospital Education Center A&B (lower level) 725 S. Wahanna Road Seaside, OR 97138 Community education and support will be available from qualified therapists and staff providing action plans, spirometry, tobacco cessation education, nutrition, speech, physical and occupational therapy, medication education, and upcoming news. Snacks will be served. Join us and the community to learn more about your diagnosis and how you can manage it. The event is free, all ages are welcome. No registration is required.