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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2015
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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
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Scappoose.
The Fishermen were ef-
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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
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enth before giving up a walk.
Carter Wallace came on
and threw just two pitches to
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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
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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
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passed ball.
Astoria improved to 11-2
in league play, a half-game
behind Scappoose (11-1).
The Indians play at Seaside
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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
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ria’s Kelsey Wullger had giv-
en the Fishermen a 5-4 lead.
But the Lady Mooks erupt-
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two at-bats, and left town with
a 17-6 win over Astoria.
The Lady Fish spotted Til-
lamook three runs in the top
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at-bat.
Rylee DeMander led off
with a single and later scored
on an error; and Abi Danen
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Astoria tied the game in
the second inning, with De-
Mander driving in Hailey
Ranta with a single.
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and the Lady Fish took their
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drew walks to start the in-
ning, both advanced on a sac-
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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.”
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pitcher since 2007 to start the season 5-0,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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