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SPORTS 10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2018 Seaside scores 17 runs in win The Daily Astorian MADRAS — Seaside began a three-day road swing to eastern Oregon with a 17-3 win Thursday over Illinois Val- ley, in the Madras White Buf- falo Spring Baseball Classic. The Gulls scored five runs in their first at-bat, added three runs in the second and erupted for eight in the fourth. Seaside had just seven hits, but took advantage of five walks, five hit batters and 10 errors on the Cougars. Travis Fenton was the only multiple hitter for the Gulls, with a single and a triple. Dawson Blanchard drove in three runs, while Gage McFadden and Payton Wester- holm each scored three runs. Duncan Thompson and McFadden combined for a two-hitter on the mound, with six strikeouts and six walks. Seaside (3-3 overall) is scheduled to play Madras Friday. Heppner tops Knappa in eight innings The Daily Astorian Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Jacob Morrow takes a swing at the plate for Warrenton. Warrenton wins Warrior showdown with Amity HEPPNER — Tied 1-1 after one inning, the Knappa and Heppner softball teams had to play seven more innings to decide a winner Thursday, in a nonleague contest at Heppner. The Mustangs eventually scored the 2-1 win, with a run on a passed ball in the bottom of the eighth inning. The Loggers had six hits from six different players, which included a first-inning single by Madelynn Weaver that scored Aiko Miller with the game’s first run. Heppner answered with a run in the bottom of the first. Amity slams in two runs to defeat Warrenton The Daily Astorian The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — Three Warrenton pitchers combined to toss a four-hit shutout Thursday afternoon at Huddleston Field, in a 5-0 win over the Warriors of Amity in nonleague baseball action. Devin Jackson, Gabe Bre- itmeyer and Dalton Knight mowed down batters all day, helping the Warriors of Warren- ton score their first shutout win in nearly two years. The three pitchers struck out 12 Amity hitters, allowing just two walks and four hits over seven innings. Warrenton had all the runs it would need after one inning. Austin Little had a one-out single in the bottom of the first, stole second and took third on an infield single by Jacob Morrow. Little scored moments later on a grounder by Jackson, and Kale’o Kapua’s single to center brought in Morrow for a quick 2-0 lead. Jackson started on the mound for Warrenton, striking out five with one walk in two and two-thirds innings, before From there, neither pitcher allowed a run over the next six innings. Weaver struck out nine in going the distance for Knappa. The Mustangs improved to 5-1, with their fifth win in a row. Knappa drops to 1-5, and will host Chemawa for a single game Monday. AMITY — Amity broke a 2-2 tie with two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, on its way to a 4-2 win over Warrenton in a non- league softball game Thursday. Warrenton outhit Amity (6-4), but Amity pitcher Brittnie Brown struck out 15 batters with just two walks. Kenzie Ramsey was 2-for-3 to lead the Warrenton offense, with doubles by Paisley Baker and Melia Kapua. Niqui Blodgett and Ramsey drove in the two Warrenton runs. SCOREBOARD PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Austin Little slides into home plate trying to score from third for the Warriors. giving way to Breitmeyer in the third. Breitmeyer struck out five with no walks, and Knight pitched the final inning. “I was very pleased all three (pitchers),” said Warren- ton coach Lennie Wolfe. “They were all on a pitch count, so I’m pleased any time I can get three pitchers near three innings each for a win.” Warrenton tacked on a run in the fifth — a long single by Alec Herrera scoring Kapua — and the hometown Warriors scored two in the sixth on a wild pitch and an RBI groundout by Caden Hans. “Offensively, we did a better job,” Wolfe said. “We struck out five times, but we were making contact and had some timely hit- ting. And that was Caden’s first varsity at-bat, so that was good to see him drive in a run.” Little had two of Warren- ton’s five hits, as the Warriors tuned up for a doubleheader Sat- urday at Willamina. TODAY Baseball — Seaside at Madras, 11 a.m. SATURDAY Baseball — Warrenton at Willa- mina (2), Noon Softball — Warrenton at Willam- ina (2), Noon BASEBALL Seaside 17, Illinois Valley 3 Seaside 530 81—17 7 0 Illinois Valley 201 00—3 2 10 Thompson, McFadden (5) and Landwehr; Jolley, Bruner (5). W: Thompson. L: Jolley. RBI: Blanchard 3, Jantes 2, Boyd, Fenton, Johnson, Kuhl; IV, Mc- Lanahan, Jolley. 2B: IV, Jolley. 3B: Sea, Fenton; IV, McLanahan. HBP: Moore 2, Blanchard, Jantes, Johnson. LOB: Seaside 8, Illinois Valley 4. Warrenton 5, Amity 0 Amity 000 000 0—0 4 2 Warrenton 200 102 x—5 5 3 Hatch, Stables (5) and Streeter; Jackson, Breitmeyer (3), Knight (7) and Morrow. W: Breitmeyer. L: Hatch. RBI: War, Kapua, Herrera, Hans. 2B: Ami, Johnston. HBP: War, Jackson. LOB: Amity 6, War- renton 4. DP: Warrenton. SOFTBALL Amity 4, Warrenton 2 Warrenton 000 101 0—2 6 2 Amity 010 012 x—4 4 0 W: Brittnie Brown (15 Ks, 2 walks). L: Niqui Blodgett (5 Ks, 3 walks). 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