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A8 THE ASTORIAN • TuESdAy, JuNE 25, 2019 CONTACT US FOLLOW US Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Warrenton wins three straight after Friday loss The Astorian W ARRENTON — Both teams had six hits, but the home team played solid defense with sound pitching, which helped Warrenton defeat Dane Gouge’s Astoria Ford 9-4 Sunday afternoon to cap another weekend of wood bat Junior Baseball at Huddleston Field. Astoria Ford committed six errors and five different pitchers combined to walk 11 batters. The Warriors’ win over the Fishermen was Warrenton’s third straight victory, after a Friday loss to Kennedy, in which Trojan pitcher Josh Valladares tossed six innings of a combined no-hitter to beat the Warriors. Warrenton bounced back with a pair of 6-5 wins Saturday over Portland East- side and Tillamook, then played solid defensive baseball Sunday in the victory over Astoria Ford. “Overall, except for three or four errors against Kennedy, we were sound defensively for the entire weekend,” said Warrenton coach Lennie Wolfe. “Ethan Caldwell made some very nice plays for us (Sunday) at first base, and Devin (Jackson) threw very well. Any time you can get 90 pitches out of a guy, he’s done a good job.” Austin Little was 2-for-3 and scored twice for Warrenton, which built a 6-1 lead after three innings, highlighted by a two-run single from Ryan Hoagland in the first inning. Hoagland had two hits and drove in two runs, while teammate Jake Morrow was up to his summer specialty, getting hit by two pitches. Gabe Breitmeyer had two RBIs for the Warriors, who had eight different players draw walks. Duane Falls had a broken-bat single in the fifth inning for an 8-2 lead, before the Fishermen scored twice in the top of the sixth on two bases loaded walks. Jackson was the winning pitcher, allowing six hits with three strikeouts and five walks, before giving way to Morrow with one out in the sixth. “We ran the bases very well, I was very happy with the pitching and the defense … and we’ve won six out of eight games so far this summer,” Wolfe said. The Warriors host the Warrenton Challenge next weekend, with visiting teams including Churchill, Crescent Val- ley, Neah-Kah-Nie and Tillamook. Fishermen win two of three Prior to Sunday’s final game vs. War- renton, the Fishermen won two of three games Friday and Saturday, all by one- run margins. On Friday, Astoria Ford snapped a 2-2 tie with a run in the bottom of the seventh to beat Portland Eastside, 3-2. Four Astoria Ford pitchers tossed a four-hitter, with six strikeouts and four walks. The Fishermen had seven hits, two apiece for Adam Feldman and Leo Matthews. Trailing 2-0, Astoria Ford scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game. In the seventh, Matthews led off with an infield single and took second on a walk to Feldman. Dylan Rush, who earlier drew a walk and was hit by a pitch, laid down a bunt and Matthews scored on a throw to first for the walk-off winner. Photos by Gary Henley/The Astorian Warrenton’s Austin Little, left, eventually applied the tag on Astoria Ford’s Adam Feldman on an attempted steal. Warrenton coach Lennie Wolfe hands Gabe Breitmeyer the remnants of a broken bat, on a base hit by Duane Falls in Sunday’s game. In a Saturday morning pitcher’s duel, Kennedy topped the Fishermen 1-0. Rush allowed five hits and struck out nine with one walk, but gave up the game’s lone run in the bottom of the third inning. The Fishermen had just two hits, including a double by Joe Strange. And just before facing the Warriors on Sunday, the Fishermen gained a little revenge against Kennedy, scoring a 1-0 victory behind a three-hitter by Astoria Ford pitcher Will Eddy. Strange had another double for one of Astoria Ford’s four hits, while Ryan Stutznegger drove in the only run on two- out, infield single that scored Strange in the bottom of the first inning. Eddy did the rest from the mound, Astoria Ford’s Dylan Rush, left, managed to catch this pop fly and avoid a collision with two teammates. Warrenton’s Devin Jackson tossed a six- hitter in Sunday’s win over Astoria. striking out two with four walks. Strange and Stutznegger had two hits apiece for Astoria Ford. Warrenton second baseman Gabe Breitmeyer throws to first base in hopes of completing a double play, but the throw was not in time. WORLD CUP US in World Cup quarterfinals after 2-1 win over Spain By ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press REIMS, France — Megan Rapinoe con- verted a pair of penalty kicks and the United States set up a much-anticipated quarterfi- nal meeting with host France at the Wom- en’s World Cup with a 2-1 victory over Spain on Monday. Rapinoe’s first came in the seventh min- ute to the cheers of the U.S. supporters melting in temperatures that reached nearly 90 degrees at the Stade Auguste-Delaune. They were quieted a short time later when Jennifer Hermoso tied it up for Spain with the first goal the Americans had allowed in France. Video review was used to confirm a foul on Rose Lavelle that gave the pink-haired captain the game-winner in the 75th minute, spoiling Spain’s spirited effort in its first knockout-round appearance at a World Cup. The defending champions head to Paris to face France on Friday night. The French defeated Brazil 2-1 in extra time Sunday night, with Amandine Henry scoring the game-winner in the 107th minute. A meeting between the three-time World AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino Megan Rapinoe scores the opening goal with a penalty kick. Cup champions and the hosts at the home of Paris Saint-Germain has been anticipated since the tournament draw in December. France is vying to become the first nation to simultaneously hold both the men’s and women’s World Cup titles. The French men won in Russia last year. The United States skated through its group with a stage record 18 goals. And the team didn’t concede a goal in the group stage for the first time at a World Cup. Until Monday, the Americans had not allowed a goal in eight straight competitive matches dating back to the 2016 Olympics, outscoring opponents 44-0. It was the first goal the United States had allowed this year since a 5-3 win over Australia in an April friendly. La Roja had not scored in its previous two games but still finished second in its group to Germany to get the matchup with the Americans. The U.S. and Spain met in a friendly in Alicante in January, part of a European exhibition trip for the United States. Chris- ten Press scored the lone goal in a 1-0 vic- tory. That match was a confidence-booster for No. 13 Spain because it was able to hang with the world’s top-ranked team. Spain’s profile on the international stage has grown under coach Jorge Vilda, who took over fol- lowing the team’s World Cup debut in 2015. Spain won the 2017 Algarve Cup and last year won the Cyprus Cup.
