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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2019
Road Warriors
of Warrenton win
two at Clatskanie
tied 3-3 through four
innings of Game 2, before
the Warriors put the game
away with 12 runs in the
top of the fi fth.
Clatskanie had a com-
plete meltdown in the
inning, committing six
of their nine errors. The
Tigers fi nished the day
with 17 errors.
Warrenton’s defense
had a much better day,
committing just three
errors.
Offensively, “We were
very aggressive at the
plate, and did the job that
we needed to” in Game
1, said Warrenton coach
Lennie Wolfe. “And we
were using every offen-
sive gimmick in our bag
to score runs. We had 10
steals. It was just ‘get ‘em
on, move ‘em over and get
‘em in.’
“All the pitchers were
having trouble with the
hill (a high mound on
Clatskanie’s fi eld),” he
said. “They were swing-
ing the bats well (the
Tigers outhit Warrenton
10-7 in Game 1), but we
made some plays in the
fi eld that were absolutely
huge. Alec Herrera and
Devin Jackson at fi rst base
both made some really
nice catches.”
Little (3-0) was the
winning pitcher in the
opener, in relief of Dalton
Knight, while Gabe Bre-
itmeyer (2-0) got the vic-
tory in Game 2, in relief of
Jackson.
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
Melissa Linder-Cho
Astoria’s Balan Kolee gets ahold of a Banks pitch in Friday’s game at Tapiola Park.
Banks still perfect after win over Astoria
The Astorian
A few hours after Asto-
ria celebrated Senior Night,
the (offi cial) league cham-
pion Banks Braves cele-
brated a 10-4 win over the
Fishermen, keeping their
Cowapa League record a
spotless 10-0.
The Fishermen fall to
5-5, just a half-game ahead
of Valley Catholic (4-5).
Friday’s contest at Tapi-
ola Park was tied 2-2 after
one inning, but the Braves
did not waste any time
re-taking the lead in the
second.
Tyler Lilly reached base
on an error and took sec-
ond on a sacrifi ce bunt,
and the Braves followed
with a run-scoring dou-
ble by Hayden Vandehey,
with additional run-scoring
hits from Jarred Evans and
Colten Hesselman, before
the Fishermen ended the
inning with a double play.
The
Braves
added
another three runs in
the third inning, and led
9-2 when the Fishermen
scored twice in the
fi fth inning, highlighted
by a Ryan Stutznegger
double.
Blake Gobel pitched
six innings to pick up the
win for the Braves, while
three Astoria pitchers (Will
Reed, Calvin Kaul, Burke
Matthews) gave up 10 hits
with seven strikeouts and
four walks.
Stutznegger had two
of Astoria’s seven hits,
while Hesselman had
two doubles and Gobel
belted a home run for the
Braves.
NBA PLAYOFFS
Game 5 awaits for Blazers, Nuggets
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Denver and Toronto
started this second round
of the playoffs feeling great
about their chances.
And then things went
bad.
And then they bounced
back.
So now, going into a pair
of big-time swing games
tonight — Denver plays
host to Portland, Toronto
plays host to Philadelphia
— the Nuggets and Raptors
can either take a fi rm grip
on their respective series or
get themselves into pits of
trouble that would be even
deeper than the ones they
were in a couple of days
ago.
Game 5s await. Blaz-
ers-Nuggets,
tied
2-2.
76ers-Raptors, tied 2-2.
Toronto and Denver both
reclaimed
home-court
advantage with series-tying
road wins on Sunday, and
the task now is to keep that
momentum going with very
high stakes.
Sunday’s situation was
dire for Denver and Toronto:
A loss would have meant a
3-1 series defi cit, which is
almost always a precursor to
elimination.
Denver has gotten help
from a perhaps surprising
source. Will Barton sud-
denly isn’t an offensive lia-
bility anymore.
Booed at home while
going 1 for 10 from the
fl oor against San Antonio
There’s nothing like
doubleheader sweeps on
the road, and members
of the Warrenton base-
ball team are becoming
true “Road Warriors,” fol-
lowing their third twinbill
sweep away from home
Friday.
With an 8-7, 15-5
sweep at Clatskanie, the
Warriors also took one big
step closer to a Coastal
Range League title.
Warrenton improves to
10-1 in league, still two
games ahead of Rain-
ier (8-3), with Taft third
at 8-4. The No. 5-ranked
Warriors have two more
big contests on the road
Tuesday at Rainier.
It took nine innings to
win Friday’s opener, but
only fi ve innings to win
Game 2.
Warrenton had seven
hits in Game 1, while
eight Clatskanie errors
helped the Warriors to
the eventual nine-inning
victory.
With two outs and no
runners on base in the
top of the ninth, Warren-
ton’s Kale’o Kapua drew
a walk, stole second and
third, and scored on an
error for the eventual win-
ning run.
Warrenton pitcher Aus-
tin Little retired the Tigers
in order in the bottom of
the ninth.
The two teams were
Valiants win at Seaside, 10-4
Valley Catholic led
from start to fi nish in a
Cowapa League baseball
game Friday at Broadway
Field, where the Valiants
scored a 10-4 win over
Seaside.
Valiant pitchers George
Eisenhardt and James
Baglai gave up seven hits,
with 10 strikeouts and two
walks.
AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer
Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard shoots over Nuggets guard
Gary Harris in Sunday’s loss.
last month and benched for
Torrey Craig not long after-
ward, Barton fi nally found
his shooting touch in Port-
land. All 22 of his points in
the Nuggets’ 140-137 qua-
druple-overtime Game 3
loss came after the third
quarter. And Barton had
two crucial 3-pointers in the
fourth quarter of Denver’s
116-112 win in Game 4.
TRAIL BLAZERS
AT NUGGETS
Series tied 2-2. Game 5,
7:30 p.m., TNT.
NEED TO KNOW:
Could this series be more
even? No, probably not.
Total points, Denver leads
464-462. Field goals, Den-
ver leads 169-168. Both
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teams have exactly 44
3-pointers. Both teams have
exactly 82 free throws made.
INJURY WATCH: Port-
land center Enes Kanter bat-
tled through 29 minutes of
Game 4 with his ongoing
shoulder problem.
KEEP AN EYE ON:
Portland’s starters. Blaz-
ers reserves like Seth Curry,
Rodney Hood and Zach Col-
lins were great in Game 4,
but the starting fi ve couldn’t
generate any real sustained
success.
PRESSURE IS ON:
Denver. Yes, the Nuggets
went through a seven-game
grind in Round 1. But the
Blazers won’t rattle easily
and know they can win on
the road.
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Astoria / Port Docks
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Normal high/low .................. 59/44
Record high .................. 85 in 2013
Record low .................... 33 in 1949
Precipitation
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Cape Disappointment
2:38 a.m.
4:01 p.m.
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Sunrise today .................. 5:54 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 8:31 p.m.
Moonrise today .............. 8:01 a.m.
Moonset today ............ 11:44 p.m.
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2:49 a.m.
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Knappa
3:31 a.m.
5:07 p.m.
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6.6 8:59 p.m. 2.8
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7.1 9:23 p.m. 2.7
9.1 9:49 a.m. -0.6
7.3 9:39 p.m. 2.8
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Seaside’s
Payton
Westerholm was 2-for-4
with a double and a home
run, but the Gulls were
unable to score more than
one run in any inning.
Duncan Thompson had
two hits and Travis Fenton
added a triple for Seaside,
which falls to 4-6 in league
play, a half-game behind
Valley Catholic and one
game behind Astoria, with
two games remaining.
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Corvallis
76/46
Albany
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78/45
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76/47
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