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Gulls split
twinbill
with
Glencoe
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SEASIDE — Seaside bounced
back from a 10-0 loss in Game 1,
with a dramatic 8-7 win in Game
2 Saturday, in a Junior Baseball
doubleheader with Glencoe on a
scorching hot Broadway Field.
Alex Teubner pitched a strong 2
1/3 innings to pick up the Game 2
victory, and the Gulls rallied from a
7-3 deficit after four innings.
After tying the game at 7-7,
Seaside’s Jake Black had a single
to start the bottom of the eighth
inning, and pinch-runner Brayden
Johnson raced home on a sacrifice
fly by Payton Westerholm for the
walk-off win.
McMinnville sweeps
McMINNVILLE — McMinn-
ville rallied from an early 6-2 defi-
cit in the first game, and scored
a pair of runs late in Game 2, for
an 11-7, 4-3 sweep over Seaside
Thursday in Junior Baseball action.
Seaside had 10 hits in Game 1,
to eight for McMinnville. A triple
by Duncan Thompson in the first
inning scored a run, and helped the
Gulls build a 6-3 lead through four
innings.
McMinnville scored five runs
in the fifth to take the lead, then
tacked on three in the sixth.
Gage McFadden, Dawson
Blanchard and Thompson had two
hits apiece for Seaside. The Gulls
had five extra-base hits, includ-
ing doubles for Brayden Johnson,
Payton Westerholm and McFad-
den; and triples by Blanchard and
Thompson.
Alex Teubner had two stolen
bases, while Johnson started on the
mound and allowed five hits with
four walks and three strikeouts.
Game 2 was another near-win
for the Gulls, who led 3-2 going into
the bottom of the seventh, when
McMinnville scored twice to win.
Blanchard had two of Seaside’s
four hits.
Astoria Ford holds off Knappa, 4-3
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A Clatsop Clash that always brings
out the fans took place Sunday after-
noon at Aiken Field, where the Asto-
ria Ford Fishermen hosted Knappa for
a Junior Baseball contest.
And a young Astoria squad won its
third straight, as Will Reed drove in
the game-winning run in the bottom
of the sixth inning for a 4-3 win over
the 2A/1A state champion Loggers.
Knappa was missing a few big
names from the lineup — includ-
ing Reuben Cruz, Kaleb Miller, Dale
Takalo and Colton Weirup — while
the Fishermen collected nine hits off
two Logger pitchers.
The game was shortened to six
innings because of a time limit, as
part of a triple-header with the Lower
Columbia Baseball Club, a Double A
17U team from Longview, Wash.
Lower Columbia defeated Knappa
in the second game, then beat Astoria
in the third contest, 13-2.
Meanwhile, three Astoria Ford
pitchers held Knappa to just five hits
in the opener.
Starter Dylan Rush and reliev-
ers Dylan Junes and Adam Feldman
combined for nine strikeouts and five
walks, with Feldman — a transfer
who will be a sophomore in the fall
— picking up the victory.
After a scoreless first inning, the
Loggers scored a run in the second, as
Eli Takalo had a leadoff single to right
SCOREBOARD
SPORTS SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY
Junior Baseball — Neah-Kah-Nie at
Astoria Ford (2), 5 p.m.
THURSDAY
Junior Baseball — Seaside at War-
renton (2), 4 p.m.
SATURDAY
Baseball — Warrenton Alumni Day at
Huddleston Field, Noon
JUNIOR BASEBALL
Astoria Ford 4, Knappa 3
Knappa
011 100—3 5 2
Astoria Ford 003 001—4 9 0
Patterson, Flues (4) and Takalo; Rush,
Junes (4), Feldman (5) and Hillard. W:
Feldman. L: Flues. RBI: Kna, Patter-
son, Takalo; Ast, Reed 2, Hageman,
Stutznegger. 2B: Ast, Reed, Hageman.
HBP: Kna, Goodman, Bartlett; Ast, Feld-
man. LOB: Knappa 9, Astoria Ford 6.
DP: Knappa 2.
field, took second on a passed ball and
scored on Ryson Patterson’s base hit
to right.
Knappa made it 2-0 in the top of
the third. Mason Hoover had a one-
out single to left, advanced to second
on a fielder’s choice, and scored on an
infield single by Takalo.
The Astoria Ford bats came alive
in the bottom of the third, as the Fish-
ermen collected five hits, along with
a passed ball and a hit batter to score
three runs.
Rush had a leadoff single and
scored on a double from Reed; Reed
sprinted home on a single by Trey
Hageman; and Ryan Stutznegger
lined a single up the middle to bring
in Hageman for the go-ahead run.
Knappa answered with a run in
the top of the fourth, as Patterson led
off with a single, followed by a pair
of walks and a wild pitch that scored
Patterson.
But with runners at second and
third and no outs, Junes — on in relief
of Rush — worked his way out of the
jam with three straight strikeouts to
end the rally.
Both teams had opportunities in
the fifth but failed to score, with each
team stranding two base runners.
Knappa had a total of nine runners
left on base.
The Fishermen managed to push
across the game-winner in the bottom
of the sixth, as Michael Moore drew
a leadoff walk, stole second, then
scored on Reed’s single to right.
Defensively, the Loggers turned
double plays in the second and third
innings, while Stutznegger made a
diving catch in center field for an out
in the top of the third.
Astoria Ford returns to action
Wednesday for a home doubleheader
(5 p.m.) against Neah-Kah-Nie.
Fishermen sweep
at Scappoose
SCAPPOOSE — It’s a new-look
roster, with a new coach and a new
lineup — but not much has changed
among the powers of Cowapa League
baseball.
The Astoria Ford summer team
swept a pair of Junior Baseball
games Thursday in Scappoose, with
the Fishermen defeating Tillamook
30-2 in a morning game, followed
by a 5-0 win over Scappoose in the
afternoon.
Two Astoria Ford pitchers com-
bined on a two-hit shutout against the
Indians, with Tristin Wallace picking
up the win.
Wallace pitched five innings,
allowing two hits with 13 strikeouts,
while Trey Hageman recorded the last
six outs.
Astoria Ford scored a run in the
first on a single by Will Reed, and
tacked on two in the fourth to build
a 3-0 lead.
Adam Feldman, Dylan Rush,
Reed and Wallace each drove in a run
for Astoria Ford, which finished with
six hits. Hageman had two triples, and
also walked twice.
In the morning win over Tilla-
mook, Astoria Ford scored 10 runs in
the first inning, six in the second and
14 in the third, before the game was
finally stopped.
Astoria Ford had 24 hits in three
at-bats, with Ebin Hillard collecting
four hits and seven RBIs. The Fish-
ermen had seven doubles, with triples
by Hageman and Hillard.
Knappa softballers win fastpitch tourney
Warriors
score
win over
Kennedy
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WARRENTON — The War-
renton Junior Baseball summer
team went 1-2 in a three-game
series with Kennedy over the
weekend, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday at Huddleston Field.
In Friday’s first game, Kennedy
scored seven runs over the first two
innings, and took advantage of six
Warrenton errors.
Dalton Knight and Austin Lit-
tle had two hits apiece for the War-
riors, who bounced back with a 5-1
victory Saturday morning.
Knight recorded the win on the
mound, allowing four hits with
seven strikeouts, while the War-
riors had seven hits of their own.
Kennedy won Sunday’s game,
7-2.
“The big thing for us is that we
played error-free defense in the
second and third games,” said War-
renton coach Lennie Wolfe. “We’re
improving — we’re just paying our
dues right now at the plate. (Satur-
day’s game) looked like a return to
Warrenton baseball — bunts, small
ball and running the bases.”
Knight had five hits in the
three games, while Duane Falls
hit safely in each game. Jake Mor-
row returned to the lineup and had
a double for Warrenton, which is
scheduled to host a doubleheader
with Seaside, 4 p.m. Thursday.
The Warriors will also host their
fifth annual Alumni Game, July 1
at Huddleston Field.
At least 40 former Warriors will
be taking part. The day will fea-
ture raffles and a Home Run Derby
sponsored by Fultano’s, with action
starting at noon.
Submitted Photo
Knappa’s 12U fastpitch team, which won the recent Father’s Day Classic tournament in West Linn.
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Knappa’s 12U Fastpitch softball team,
O’Brien Timber Falling, took first place in
the North American Fastpitch Association’s
West Linn 12U Fathers Day Classic, June
17-18.
Knappa closed the tournament with a 10-8
win over the Hood River Heat.
Team members for Knappa are Taiylor
Roberts, Ryah Lackey, Madison VanGundy,
Raelynn Weaver, Carlie Casper, Katelynn
Weaver, Lakota Schaffer, Isa Simmons, Tay-
lor Pass, Avery Biederman, Emily Larsen,
Avery Burks, Madalyn Linder and the team’s
“Girl Bat,” Beth Larsen.
Justin Larsen, Mike Pass and Fabron Bie-
derman are the coaches for the Knappa team,
which thanked Mike and Cindy O’Brien for
their team sponsorship, along with team sup-
port from Ag Bag Forage Solutions.
LSU beats Oregon State 6-1 to reach CWS finals
By ERIC OLSON
Associated Press
Oregon
State
players
leave the
dugout
following
an NCAA
College
World
Series
baseball
elimina-
tion game
in Omaha,
Neb.
AP Photo/
Nati Harnik
OMAHA, Neb. — Nothing LSU
encounters in the College World Series
championship series will be any more
daunting than the task the Tigers had to
complete to get there.
The Tigers had to beat an Oregon
State team that owned the most formida-
ble record of any team in four decades, and
they had to do it twice.
They did in dominating fashion.
Caleb Gilbert held the No. 1 national
seed Beavers to two hits in 7 1/3 innings,
Michael Papierski homered from both
sides of the plate and LSU won 6-1 on Sat-
urday a day after beating them 3-1.
“To lose four games the entire season,
and we beat them two days in a row, it’s
hard to predict those things to happen, but
that’s why you have to play the games,”
Tigers coach Paul Mainieri said. “Our kids
embraced the challenge.”
The Tigers (52-18) won their third
straight elimination game and will play
Southeastern Conference rival Florida (50-
19) in the best-of-three finals beginning
today. Florida beat TCU 3-0 on Saturday
night.
The Beavers (56-6) had a pair of
23-game winning streaks and finished the
season with a .903 winning percentage —
the best since Texas’ mark of .908 in 1982.
“It’s a tough day when you’ve had such
a great year,” Beavers coach Pat Casey
said. “Now is not the time to really think
about that or talk about it, but I know
there will be a time when they get to sit
back and reflect and realize what they
accomplished.”
Gilbert allowed an infield single and
walk before Michael Gretler homered in
the seventh. He struck out a career-high
seven in his longest outing in his two sea-
sons at LSU. Zack Hess allowed one hit
the rest of the way.
“It’s a surreal feeling to be able to
pitch your team, when the back’s against
the wall in an elimination game, into the
College World Series final,” Gilbert said.
“I just had all the faith in the world in my
teammates and my coaching staff and just
really went out there and pitched my game,
tried to attack early with a heater and get
ahead and trust my defense behind me.”