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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2018
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Astoria, Knappa and Warrenton pack the park
second and third.
And Flues followed with a walk-
off hit to center, easily scoring Miethe
with the game-winning run.
Flues also picked up the win on
the mound, entering the game in the
sixth in relief of Goodman.
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
I
t was Clatsop County’s “Bat-
tle of the League Champions”
night at the ballpark Monday,
as three teams that either won or
tied for league championships last
spring met in front of a large crowd
at Aiken Field for a three-way
doubleheader.
Dane Gouge’s Astoria Ford team
hosted Knappa and Warrenton to
close out the junior state regular sea-
son. The same three teams will be in
action later this week in the district
tournament at Warrenton.
The Knappa Loggers rallied for a
9-8, Game 1 win over Astoria Ford,
but they came up short in a 3-0 loss
to Warrenton in Game 2.
The district’s No. 1 seed in the
tournament will be — ironically —
none of the above teams. Seaside fin-
ished with a 5-0 league record, and
will be the No. 1 seed in the weekend
tournament.
With Monday’s results, Astoria
Ford, Knappa and Warrenton all fin-
ished with 3-2 league records.
In a three-way coin flip tie-breaker
afterwards, Astoria was the odd team
out and so received the No. 4 seed in
the district tournament. Warrenton’s
win over Knappa gives the Warriors
the No. 2 seed over the third-place
Loggers.
Knappa began Monday’s action
by giving up six runs to Astoria in the
first inning of Game 1.
Astoria’s Adam Feldman had a
leadoff double, which was followed
by two errors, a walk and a wild
pitch, as the Fishermen built a quick
6-0 lead.
A leadoff double in the second
inning by Knappa’s Logan Flues led
to the first run for the Loggers, who
tacked on a run in the third and two
in the fourth on a two-run double by
Ryson Patterson.
Ryan Stutznegger’s RBI single
in the top of the sixth scored Feld-
man and pushed Astoria Ford’s lead
Warriors top Loggers
Photos by Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian
Astoria’s Adam Feldman looks for some help on the call in Monday’s
first game. Knappa’s Devin Hoover was ruled safe on the play.
Astoria’s Will Eddy, right, gets a fist bump from coach Ian Erickson
after reaching base early in Monday’s doubleheader.
to 7-4, but the Loggers stayed on the
comeback trail and rallied again in
the bottom of the sixth.
Patterson trotted home on a bas-
es-loaded walk, and Mason Wester-
holm’s single up the middle scored
two to tie the game at 7-7.
Astoria (the visiting team in Mon-
day’s game) had two runners on base
in the top of the seventh but failed to
score, and the Loggers took advan-
tage in the bottom of the inning.
Knappa’s Cameron Miethe drew a
one-out walk, and one out later Jax-
son Goodman drove a double down
the left field line that put runners at
Knappa’s success at the plate in
Game 1 did not carry over into the
nightcap, due to a gem of a pitching
performance by Warrenton’s Dalton
Knight.
Knight faced just 24 batters (three
over the minimum) in leading the
Warriors to their biggest win of the
summer, 3-0.
Knight threw 93 pitches over
seven innings, and allowed just three
hits with 12 strikeouts and no walks.
Teammate Jacob Morrow gave
the Warriors all they would need
offensively, with a two-run home run
in the top of the first inning.
“Dalton certainly threw very
well, and Jake took care of the rest,”
said Warrenton coach Lennie Wolfe.
“And I thought Ryson Patterson
pitched very well for Knappa (allow-
ing just three hits himself, with 10
strikeouts and four walks).
“Adding that insurance run in the
seventh didn’t hurt,” Wolfe said, as
Alec Herrera drew a one-out walk,
stole second and scored on Ethan
Caldwell’s single to center.
In the district tournament later
this week, Astoria Ford and Seaside
will square off in Game 1 (Saturday,
1 p.m.), followed by Knappa vs. War-
renton in Game 2 (4 p.m.). There will
be no admission charged for fans.
All four teams will play again
Sunday, with the top two finishers
qualifying for the state tournament
July 19-22 at Crescent Valley High
School. Even if the Fishermen qual-
ify, Astoria will not attend the state
tournament due to a prior commit-
ment. Should the Fishermen finish in
one of the top two spots, the third-
place finisher would take Astoria’s
spot in the state tournament.
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Warriors add a
5th All-Star in
center Cousins
OAKLAND, Calif. — As he
has long desired, DeMarcus Cous-
ins will finally get a chance to play
for a winner once he’s healthy
from a torn left Achilles tendon.
When Boogie returns to the
court this season, the volatile big
man will give the Golden State
Warriors five 2018 All-Stars in
their starting lineup to chase
another title — with Cousins try-
ing for his first after never appear-
ing in the playoffs. The center,
who has had his problems with
technical fouls, will sign with
the two-time defending champi-
ons after the moratorium period
is lifted Friday, a person with
direct knowledge of the deal told
The Associated Press on Monday
night.
Serena wins at
Wimbledon
LONDON — Now that she’s
“Mrs. Williams,” per the Wimble-
don chair umpire, now that she’s
a mother, now that she is back on
tour, Serena Williams is ready to
rediscover her full complement of
shots and full ability to dominate.
“Not only do I expect to win,”
she said Monday after picking up
a victory in her first match at the
All England Club in two years, “I
expect to win emphatically.”
Williams found herself in a
bit of a jam against 105th-ranked
Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands,
down by a break in the second set
on a windy afternoon. And then,
a five-game run and 25 minutes
later, Williams had completed the
7-5, 6-3 result.
— Associated Press
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