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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2017
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Loggers
storm
past the
Tigers
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CLATSKANIE — The Knappa
Loggers — already among the
best at the 2A level — can be
dominant at the 3A level as well.
Facing a 3A team on the road
for the second time in two days,
the Loggers won again, a 14-0,
five-inning win at Clatskanie in
nonleague baseball action.
Knappa pitcher Dale Takalo
tossed a four-hit shutout, striking
out seven with no walks.
The Loggers had 11 hits and
drew seven walks off three Clats-
kanie pitchers, while the Tigers
committed five errors defensively.
Logger leadoff hitter Jason
Miller led the way, finishing
4-for-4 with two triples, a double,
three runs scored and three RBIs,
while Andrew Goozee, Eli Takalo
and Dale Takalo each had a dou-
ble. Kaleb Miller scored twice and
drove in two runs.
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Julia Norris sends a pitch to the plate for Astoria on Thursday against Seaside. The Fishermen won both games, 10-0 and 15-3.
Lady Fishermen sweep the Clash
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Cobras
hold off
Warriors
softball
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HALSEY — With an open
date in the schedule, the Warren-
ton softball team took to the road
for a nonleague game at Central
Linn Thursday.
And the Cobras held off a
big Warrior rally in the top of
the seventh for a 12-10 win over
Warrenton.
Central Linn led 9-5 after
four innings, then increased the
lead to 12-6 in the bottom of the
sixth.
Cobra freshman Bre Buck-
ridge threw 130 pitches, and
gave up nine hits with just two
strikeouts and six walks, while
Warrenton pitcher Niqui Blodgett
countered with nine strikeouts
and five walks, with 10 hits
allowed.
The Warriors struggled defen-
sively, with seven errors.
Still, Warrenton rallied with
four runs in the top of the sev-
enth before Buckridge was able
to record the final out.
Landree Miethe, Natalie Dun-
can and Claire Bussert all had
two hits apiece for the Warriors,
while Kenz Ramsey finished with
three RBIs. Tyla Little added a
double.
Twenty-five runs in nine at-bats … not
a bad night’s work for the Astoria Lady
Fishermen.
After scoring a 10-0 win in Game 1, the
Astoria softball team actually had to rally
from behind in Game 2, as the Fishermen
overcame an early 2-1 deficit to win 15-3,
to complete a Clatsop Clash doubleheader
sweep over Seaside, late Thursday night at
CMH Field.
Astoria freshman Julia Norris picked up
both victories in the circle, as she pitched all
five innings of Game 1, allowing just one hit
with six strikeouts and three walks. Seaside’s
Jetta Ideue took the loss, despite striking out
seven.
Norris also had two hits, including a two-
run double in the third inning. Teammate Abi
Danen also had two hits, which included a
two-run single in the third and another RBI
hit in the fourth.
The Gulls committed four errors in the
first game and multiple errors and miscues in
Game 2.
Still, Seaside scored first on a bunt sin-
gle by Ideue, with GeriAnn Klaffke sprinting
home on an Astoria error in the top of the first.
The Fishermen responded with a run in the
bottom of the first, but only one, as Seaside
outfielder Alyssa Goin made a diving catch
off a line drive by Danen in center field, then
threw to second for a double play.
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Sidney Owsley checks her swing for the Seaside Seagulls during a game Thursday
against Astoria. The Lady Fish swept the Clatsop Clash doubleheader.
Shortly after, Klaffke singled to left field
in the second, scoring Mica Paranal to give
the Gulls a 2-1 lead.
But Astoria answered with 13 runs in the
bottom of the third, highlighted by a two-
run single up the middle by Hailey O’Brien;
an RBI double to deep center by Jenna Bar-
endse; and Rylee DeMander’s two-run
NBA PLAYOFFS
Wizards, Warriors rack up wins
PREP SCHEDULE
BASEBALL
Knappa 14, Clatskanie 0
Knappa
235 04—14 10 2
Clatskanie
000 00—0 4 5
D.Takalo and Goozee; Helmen,
Luquette (4), Bochner (5) and War-
ren. W: D.Takalo. L: Helmen. RBI: Kna,
J.Miller 3, K.Miller 2, Coffey 2, Weirup
2, Cruz, E.Takalo. 2B: Kna, Goozee,
E.Takalo, J.Miller. 3B: Kna, J.Miller 2.
HBP: Kna, Goozee; Cla, Evenson. LOB:
Knappa 4, Clatskanie 6. DP: Clatskanie.
SOFTBALL
Central Linn 12, Warrenton 10
Warrenton 002 301 4—10 9 7
Central Linn 312 303 x—12 10 4
WP: Bre Buckridge (2 K’s, 6 walks).
LP: Niqui Blodgett (9 K’s, 5 walks). RBI:
War, Ramsey 3, Bussert 2, Blodgett,
Miethe, May; CL, Conner 3, Johnson 3,
Buckridge 2, Patterson. 2B: War, Little;
CL, Conner. LOB: Warrenton 8, Central
Linn 7.
Valencia, Miranda lift
Mariners past Angels
By JIM HOEHN
Associated Press
SCOREBOARD
TODAY
Baseball — Valley Catholic at Astoria,
5 p.m.; Tillamook at Seaside, 5 p.m.;
Portland Christian at Warrenton (2),
3:30
Softball — Portland Christian at War-
renton (2), 3:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
Track — Dick Baker Invitational, Scap-
poose, 11:15 a.m.
single to right.
The onslaught continued with a run-scor-
ing triple by Hailey Ranta, an RBI single from
Caitlyn Hougham, and additional run-scoring
hits by Danen and O’Brien.
Ideue had two of Seaside’s hits in Game 2,
while Norris came on in relief of McKailyn
Rogers in the third inning.
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
Washington Wizards guard John Wall (2) loses control as he tries to shoot
past Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart (36) during the first half of a sec-
ond-round NBA playoff series basketball game Thursday in Washington.
Associated Press
WIZARDS 116, CELTICS 89
WASHINGTON — John Wall
scored 24 points, Isaiah Thomas was
held to 13 and the Washington Wiz-
ards jumped out to a hot start and rode
it to a 116-89 victory over the Boston
Celtics in a technical foul-filled Game
3 on Thursday night to cut their series
deficit to 2-1.
The Wizards used a 22-0 first-quar-
ter run to take a 34-12 lead as Thomas
and the Celtics kept missing shots
and turning the ball over. The game
was already a blowout in the second
when Washington’s Kelly Oubre Jr.
was ejected for charging and knocking
over Kelly Olynyk after the Boston big
man was called for an illegal screen.
There were eight technical fouls
and three ejections total.
Otto Porter and Bojan Bogdanovic
scored 19 points apiece for Washing-
ton, which improved to 4-0 at home
in the playoffs. Washington’s 119
first-quarter points is an NBA record
for the first three games of a series.
WARRIORS 115, JAZZ 104
OAKLAND, Calif. — Draymond
Green showed Quin Snyder his hot
hand and range up close, knocking
down five 3-pointers and scoring 21
points before a brief knee scare late
in Golden State’s victory over Utah
that gave the Warriors a 2-0 lead in the
Western Conference semifinals.
SEATTLE — Ariel Miranda set-
tled in after taking a liner off his leg
during a shaky second inning, and
the Mariners offense took over after
that.
Danny Valencia homered and
had four hits, Miranda pitched
seven strong innings and Seattle
beat the Los Angeles Angels 11-3
on Thursday night.
Miranda (3-2) allowed two runs
— both in the second inning —
seven hits and a walk while strik-
ing out five. He was struck by a shot
from Yunel Escobar, then made a
throwing error, but escaped the sec-
ond inning and cruised from there.
“Great job by Ariel Miranda,
can’t say enough,” said Mariners
manager Scott Servais. “Obviously,
he took the shot off the calf there
early in the game, and he hung in
there. To get through seven innings
when the pitch count was up after
the first two was really nice to see.”
Valencia hit a solo shot in the
seventh and had three RBIs as Seat-
tle matched its season high with 16
hits.
Ben Gamel had three hits and
two walks, scored three times and
drove in two runs for Seattle, which
built a 6-2 lead in four innings
against Alex Meyer (0-1).
Meyer, called up earlier in the
day from Triple-A Salt Lake, was
tagged for six runs, eight hits, three
walks and a hit batter.
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Seattle Mariners starting pitch-
er Ariel Miranda throws against
the Los Angeles Angels in the
first inning of a baseball game
Thursday in Seattle.
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“You’d like to go out there and
go more than four innings,” Meyer
said. “But, it’s just a matter of being
better for the next one.”
Seattle took the lead with a
three-run third. Gamel walked to
open the inning and came around on
two-out singles by Kyle Seager and
Valencia. Guillermo Heredia fol-
lowed with a blooped two-run dou-
ble down the right field line.
The Mariners added two more
in the fourth on a single by Jean
Segura, an RBI double by Gamel
and a single by Nelson Cruz.