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8A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Paxson VanNortwich prepares for the pick off throw attempt at first base for Seaside during Thursday’s game against Baker City during the Wood Bat Tournament. Gulls stage late rally to tie, then win in the 10th By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — The Seaside Junior Baseball team has spent most of the sum- mer playing exciting games with dramatic finishes. They’ve won a few and lost a few, but Thursday scored their biggest win of ’em all, with a 7-6, 10-inning victory over Barley Brown’s of Baker City in a first round game of the annual Wood Bat Tournament. Seaside rallied from a 6-2 deficit with four runs in the bottom of the seventh, then pushed across a run in the 10th on a bases-loaded hit by Alex Teubner with no outs for the win. The Gulls will face Central in a semifi- nal game tonight (5:30 p.m. at Broadway Field), on Day 2 of the three-day, eight- team tournament. In other action Thursday, Scappoose defeated Warrenton 4-1, while Chur- chill topped St. Helens 11-0, and Central defeated Madison. In Thursday’s final game between Baker City and Seaside, Baker dominated the first five innings, building a 6-2 lead and outhitting the Gulls 10-3. The last five frames, however, belonged to Seaside. Baker City’s Sam McCauley was pitching a masterpiece through the first five innings, but walked two in the sixth, then gave up four hits and also hit a bat- ter in the seventh, before being relieved in the eighth. The Gulls’ rally in the seventh featured a leadoff single by Gage McFadden, and teammate Payton Westerholm was hit by a pitch to put two runners on. They both advanced on a ground-out by Teubner. SCOREBOARD SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Junior Baseball — Seaside Wood Bat Tournament (at Broadway Field): Warren- ton vs. St. Helens, 10 a.m.; Scappoose vs. Churchill, 12:30 p.m.; Madison vs. Baker City, 3 p.m.; Central vs. Seaside, 5:30 p.m. Duncan Thompson keeps his eyes on home plate as he delivers a pitch for Seaside during a game against Baker City at Thursday’s Wood Bat Tournament. McFadden raced home on an infield single by Duncan Thompson, and Brayden Johnson followed with a double down the left field line that scored two runs. Moments later, an errant throw by Baker City allowed Johnson to score the game-tying run. After a scoreless eighth and ninth, Seaside opened the bottom of the 10th with consecutive singles by Paxson Van- Nortwich and McFadden, and a walk to Westerholm. Teubner’s hit over a drawn-in outfield allowed VanNortwich to easily score the game-winner. Seaside pitchers Thompson and McFadden allowed 15 hits with six strike- outs and a walk, while two Baker City pitchers gave up 10 hits, with six strike- outs, six walks and four hit batters. Sea- side stranded 14 base runners. Indians 4, Warriors 1 Warrenton led 1-0 through four inning and had the tying run at the plate in the bottom of the seventh, but Scappoose escaped with a 4-1 win over the War- riors in the Wood Bat Tournament opener Thursday morning. Warrenton’s Devin Jackson pitched a complete game, allowing just three hits with six strikeouts and six walks. Four Scappoose pitchers also gave up three hits, with a combined seven strikeouts and seven walks. It all came down to one big hit in a fifth inning rally by the Indians. With two runners on base, a fly-out to center had the Warriors one out away Alex Teubner takes a big swing at the plate for Seaside in a game against Baker City during Thursday’s Wood Bat Tournament. from escaping the jam, but the Indians drew a pair of walks to load the bases, and the next batter followed with a three-run triple to right field. Warrenton’s Dalton Knight had a one- out single in the seventh and teammate Austin Little drew a base on balls, but after a pitching change, Scappoose retired the next two batters in order to end the game. Little and Duane Falls also had hits for the Warriors, who stranded nine base runners. Defensively, Warrenton turned a pair of double plays. Trump visit a security challenge at golf tournament President’s club hosting Women’s Open By DAVID PORTER Associated Press BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Some of the best golfers in the world are com- peting in New Jersey this weekend, and they could be partly upstaged by a guy whose best finish was to win an age-group club title. Then again, he is the president — and it’s his club. President Donald Trump’s golf course is hosting this weekend’s U.S. Women’s Open. Trump was in France this week to celebrate Bastille Day and meet with French President Emmanuel Macron, and he tweeted this morning that he had left Paris and would be heading to New Jersey for the tournament. The event was expected to draw protesters who have criticized the U.S. Golf Association, which oper- ates the tournament, for not moving AP Photo/Seth Wenig Players putt on the practice green at the U.S. Women’s Open Golf tour- nament Friday in Bedminster, N.J. it to a different venue after audio sur- faced last year in which Trump made derogatory comments about women. Trump has spent several week- ends at the club since his election in November, but none during an event of this magnitude: 156 golfers and their entourages, and thousands of fans. “If the president does choose to come to the championship, we are ready,” said Matt Sawicki, USGA’s director of championships. While the connection between American presidents and major sporting events is well-established — the tradition of throwing out the first pitch on baseball’s opening day dates back to the early 20th century, for example — this weekend poses a unique security challenge. Trump’s residence is on the golf course, which sits on more than 600 acres of rolling hills in central New Jersey farmland, where a steady stream of players and fans will be walking throughout the four days. Maintaining boundaries between the president and the public is cru- cial, as is being able to adjust on the fly, according to Thom Bolsch, a retired Secret Service agent who served under Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. “Any movement that a protectee makes, the script is probably about 95 percent solid, where we know what he’s doing and we’ve briefed the staff and the staff has briefed him,” Bolsch told The Associated Press. “But they’re human and a lot of times they see people they know, or they see a crowd. They’re politi- cians and they need to go and kiss babies, and they’re going to go do it.” At a visit last month, for instance, Trump surprised a couple celebrating their wedding at the club and posed for pictures with them. It’s unknown whether he plans to mingle outside. “If he’s actually going to go to one of the tee boxes or greens, we would have actually swept the area and everyone that’s around there would have been prescreened,” Bolsch said. “Now if we screened the fourth hole and he wanted to walk to the fifth hole, we’re probably going to do it. “We’re probably going to advise against it just by the sheer number of people. But if we didn’t even know he was going to do it, then anyone wanting to do him harm also didn’t know he was going to do it,” Bolsch said. “Our choice is to know in advance, to make sure we have assets in place from counter surveillance units to snipers, and everything we need is in place because we know where he’s going,” he said, adding that person- nel can be shifted from other areas of a location if events dictate.
