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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2015
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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.
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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.
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as I’ve ever seen,” Gasser said
of his own hitters. “It wasn’t
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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
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on two Scappoose errors in
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pitch, took third on an error,
and scored moments later on a
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That was the end of Asto-
ria’s offensive highlights.
Millar retired nine of the
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walking Ryan Palek in the
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nal nine he faced.
Meanwhile, the Indians
took advantage of a defensive
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Owen Fortney and Justin
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rors, with Hering scoring the
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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
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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.
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end a Scappoose threat in the
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a catch at the fence to prevent
a home run in the second.
“We were in a position
where if we had just squared
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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
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of the Indians. “And I can’t
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The Fishermen return to
play today vs. Valley Cath-
olic. Astoria and Scappoose
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Valiants 13, Gulls 9
SEASIDE — Seaside took
a 9-7 lead into the top of the
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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
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Seaside’s Astor Landwehr
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Brent Walsh had a two-run
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Columbians
sweep Warriors
RAINIER — Rainier col-
lected 19 hits on the day, and
coupled with seven Warrenton
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Tuesday at Rainier.
Rainier trailed 2-0 early in
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the third, two in the fourth and
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inning rally.
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Warrenton, while Brock John-
son and Hunter Michaelson
each had two hits.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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lead on Gaston and Portland
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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
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olds) we’ve seen in over a
month.
“They know how to hit the
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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
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the league’s hottest team will
take a shot at second-place
Scappoose Friday.
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latest victory Tuesday, 5-2 at
Tillamook, as Seaside turned
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ing one to end the game — to
hold off the Cheesemakers.
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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.
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run-scoring hits for Seaside,
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Astoria’s Ryan Palek, No. 5, tags out Scappoose’s Owen
Fortney, No. 7.
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Astoria’s Joe Brawley, No. 11, robs a home run from
Scappoose’s Owen Parsons in the second inning
of their baseball game.
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Whitney Westerholm for a
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the seventh.
Valiants 7, Astoria 6
BEAVERTON — Astoria
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rallied and scored an eventual
7-6 over the Lady Fish, in a
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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
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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
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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-
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Scappoose posted a 416
team score, to top Valley Cath-
olic (476) and Astoria (560).
Banks, Seaside and Tillamook
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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.
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