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SPORTS 4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2015 Fishermen ready for ¿rstSlace showdown Friday By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian A nice, clean, routine win over the Banks Braves was just what the Astoria Fishermen were looking for Wednesday night, in Cowa- pa League baseball action at CMH Field. With their 6-0 victory, the Fishermen avenged an earli- er loss to the Braves, while three pitchers divided up a low pitch count for Astoria, in preparation for Friday’s ¿UVWSODFH VKRZGRZQ DW Scappoose. The Fishermen were ef- ¿FLHQW LQ WKH ¿HOG RQ WKH mound and at the plate in the win, played as part of a soft- ball/baseball doubleheader. Astoria starter Kai Brown gave up just one hit in four solid innings of work, while Fridtjof Fremstad made a UHOLHI DSSHDUDQFH LQ WKH ¿IWK LQQLQJ UHWLULQJ WKH ¿UVW ¿YH batters he faced until giving up a sixth inning single. +H JRW WKH ¿QDO EDWWHU WR À\ RXW WKHQ VWUXFN RXW WKH ¿UVW WZR EDWWHUV RI WKH VHY- enth before giving up a walk. Carter Wallace came on and threw just two pitches to UHFRUG WKH ¿QDO RXW %URZQ Fremstad and Wallace com- bined to throw 105 pitch- es, with six strikeouts, four walks and two hits allowed. It was Wallace who broke up a scoreless game with a GRXEOHWROHIW¿HOGLQWKHWKLUG inning. Cade O’Brien had a leadoff single, then scored on Wallace’s double. Astoria tacked on three runs in the fourth, highlighted by back-to-back singles from Kyle Strange and Fremstad to start the inning; Joe Brawley was hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs; and Ryker Helmersen followed with a two-run single to right. Brawley scored on a bunt single by O’Brien, and O’Brien scored Astoria’s ¿QDO UXQ LQ WKH VL[WK RQ D passed ball. Astoria improved to 11-2 in league play, a half-game behind Scappoose (11-1). The Indians play at Seaside WRGD\WKH¿UVWRIWKUHHJDPHV in three days for Scappoose. Astoria plays at Scap- poose Friday, then hosts Sea- side Saturday. Softball Tillamook 17, Astoria 6 It was back and forth until the sixth inning Wednesday night at CMH Field, in a Cow- apa League softball game be- tween Tillamook and Astoria. A two-run single in the ERWWRP RI WKH ¿IWK E\ $VWR- ria’s Kelsey Wullger had giv- en the Fishermen a 5-4 lead. But the Lady Mooks erupt- HG IRU UXQV LQ WKHLU ¿QDO two at-bats, and left town with a 17-6 win over Astoria. The Lady Fish spotted Til- lamook three runs in the top RI ¿UVW EHIRUH $VWRULD FDPH EDFNZLWKWZRUXQVLQLWV¿UVW at-bat. Rylee DeMander led off with a single and later scored on an error; and Abi Danen VSULQWHG KRPH RQ D VDFUL¿FH À\IURP&DLWO\Q+RXJKDP Astoria tied the game in the second inning, with De- Mander driving in Hailey Ranta with a single. Tillamook scored a run in WKH¿IWKIRUDDGYDQWDJH and the Lady Fish took their ¿UVW OHDG LQ WKH ¿IWK /LEE\ DiBartolomeo and Danen drew walks to start the in- ning, both advanced on a sac- UL¿FHEXQWE\+RXJKDPDQG Wullger’s two-run single to right put Astoria in front. It was all Tillamook after that. Senior Maddie McRae opened the sixth with her WKLUGVWUDLJKWGRXEOHVKH¿Q- ished 5-for-5), and a two-run single by sophomore Lexie Zuercher gave the Mooks a 9-5 lead. The Cheesemakers tacked on eight insurance runs in the seventh, highlighted by a three-run homer for Zuerch- HUZKRKDG¿YH5%,V DeMander had two sin- gles and a double for the Fishermen, while Miranda Dietrichs and Bailey Haskell were honored as Astoria’s only two seniors on Senior Day. Scoreboard PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Baseball — Scappoose at Sea- side, 5 p.m.; Portland Lutheran at Knappa, 4:30 p.m. Track — District 1/4A, at Banks, 2 p.m. FRIDAY Baseball — Astoria at Scap- poose, 5 p.m.; Seaside at Valley Catholic, 5 p.m.; Warrenton at Clats- kanie (2), 3:30 p.m.; Knappa at Port- land Lutheran (2), 3 p.m. Softball — Astoria at Scappoose (2), 4 p.m.; Seaside at Valley Cath- olic (2), 4 p.m.; Warrenton at Clats- kanie (2), 3:30 p.m. Track — District 1/4A, at Banks, 2 p.m.; District 1/3A, at Portland Christian, TBA SATURDAY Baseball — Seaside at Astoria, 11 a.m. Track — District 1/3A, at Portland Christian, TBA BASEBALL HIGH SCHOOLS Astoria 6, Banks 0 Banks 000 000 0—0 2 0 Astoria 001 302 x—6 9 1 Renne, Bral (6) and Herd, Selleck (7); Brown, Fremstad (5), Wallace (7) and Helmersen. W: Brown. L: Renne. S: Wallace. RBI: Ast, Helm- ersen 2, Wallace, Strange, O’Brien. 2B: Ast, Wallace. HBP: Banks, Thiessen; Ast, Brawley. LOB: Banks 8, Astoria 8. DP: Banks. SOFTBALL HIGH SCHOOLS Tillamook 17, Astoria 6 Tillamook 300 105 8—17 23 3 Astoria 210 020 1—6 8 1 W: Taylor Woods (5 K’s, 3 walks). L: Libby DiBartolomeo (3 K’s, 1 walk). RBI: Til, Zuercher 5, Woods 3, Hammond 3, Kottre 2, Larsen, Hayes, Bellante; Ast, Wullger 2, Hougham, DeMander, Lertora. 2B: Til, McRae 3, Kottre; Ast, DeMand- er. HR: Til, Kottre. LOB: Tillamook 7, Astoria 8. AP Photo/Elaine Thompson San Diego Padres Cory Spangenberg, left, slides to score as Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Carson Smith follows after Smith’s wild pitch in the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday in Seattle. Mariners can’t come up with clutch hit, fall to Padres SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mar- iners had no problem getting on base and into scoring position against James Shields, only to come up empty nearly every time they needed a key hit. “He did a really good job of buckling down all night,” Seattle’s Brad Miller said. “When we got guys on, he halted the rally by making some really good pitches.” 6KLHOGV EHFDPH WKH ¿UVW 6DQ 'LHJR pitcher since 2007 to start the season 5-0, :LOO0LGGOHEURRNVKRPHUHGIRUWKH¿UVW time in nearly a month, and the Padres ended the Seattle Mariners four-game win streak, 4-2 on Wednesday night. Miller provided all of Seattle’s offense ZLWKDVRORKRPHULQWKH¿IWKDQGDQ5%, double in the ninth — the Mariners’ only hit with a runner in scoring position. Every rally Seattle tried to piece to- gether was quickly scuttled, whether it was a strikeout or a key groundball that got Shields and the rest of the Padres’ pitchers out of trouble. In seven of nine innings Seattle had a runner in scoring position but didn’t get a hit until Miller in the ninth. The 0DULQHUV ¿QLVKHG IRU ZLWK UXQQHUV in scoring position and were 0 for 10 against Shields. The Padres’ ace allowed six hits and struck out nine, throwing a season-high 115 pitches. “The positive is we got them on out there. The negative is we couldn’t get them in. That guy on the mound had a lot to do with it too,” Seattle manager Lloyd McClendon said. “I thought we had good at-bats, really grind it out, got his pitch count up, had him on the brink a few times and just couldn’t get the big hit.” Seattle’s best chance at rallying came in the sixth when Shields walked Kyle said. “In my mind I was going to leave him in because he was still throwing the ball well.” Shields (5-0) struggled to get through six innings, but became just the sixth SLWFKHULQ3DGUHV¶KLVWRU\WRZLQKLV¿UVW ¿YHGHFLVLRQVDQG¿UVWVLQFH-XVWLQ*HU- mano in 2007. Seattle starter Taijuan Walker (1-4) pitched six innings, his second longest start of the season, and only ran into trouble in the third when Middlebrooks went deep. Alexi Amarista followed with a double and scored on Spangenberg’s VDFUL¿FHÀ\ :alker¶s imSroYement AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Seattle Mariners Nelson Cruz, left, heads away from the plate after strik- ing out as San Diego Padres catcher Derek Norris heads at the end of the fifth inning. Walker retired the Padres in order three times and pitched out of a jam in the sixth after one-out singles by Span- genberg and Matt Kemp. Walker struck out six and allowed four hits and pitched into the sixth for the third time in seven starts. “That’s been my goal the last couple of starts to go tight with the fastball and work ahead. It was working. I feel like they weren’t really putting good swings on it so we stuck with it. Trainer’s room Padres: Wil Myers returned to San Di- Seager and Logan Morrison to start ego to have his sore left wrist examined the inning. After a brief meeting at the by team doctors a day after being a late mound, Shields struck out Mike Zunino scratch from the lineup. Manager Bud DIWHUKHZDVXQDEOHWRJHWDVDFUL¿FHEXQW Black said they hoped to know more on down and got slumping Dustin Ackley to Thursday about Myers’ status. Mariners: CF Austin Jackson was ground into a double play. “We’re new to each other, we’re ³VRVR´ LQ KLV ¿UVW GD\ RI UXQQLQJ DIWHU developing a relationship about how spraining his ankle last week, manager he’s feeling, him being honest, trust all Lloyd McClendon said. Seattle hopes that, that pitchers and managers have to Jackson may be far enough along to go have,” San Diego manager Bud Black out on a rehab assignment this weekend. T hank Y ou! 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