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A8 THE ASTORIAN • TuESdAy, JuNE 30, 2020 CONTACT US FOLLOW US Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Lakeside snaps Lower Columbia win streak The Astorian Photos by Gary Henley/The Astorian TOP: Lower Columbia honored recently graduated seniors during a ‘Senior Night’ for the 2020 baseball season. From left, Astoria’s Dylan Rush; Austin Little, Devin Jackson and Jake Morrow of Warrenton; Clatskanie’s Cade Warren and Dawson Evenson; and Naselle’s Ethan Lindstrom. ABOVE: Lower Columbia’s Austin Little slides into second base. H The Lower Columbia Baseball Club’s win streak came to an end Saturday afternoon, less than 24 hours after sweeping a Friday night doubleheader at Ernie Aiken Field. Lakeside Recovery, of Bellevue, Washington, scored a pair of runs in the top of the eighth inning to defeat Lower Columbia 5-3, handing the team its first loss of the summer after seven straight victories. Sponsored by Hilander Dental, Lower Columbia actually battled back from a 3-1 deficit and tied the game at 3-3 with two runs in the bottom of the seventh. But their luck finally ran out in the eighth, when Lakeside drew a leadoff walk, later followed by a one- out single to center. After a second out, Lakeside drew another walk to load the bases, and a crucial error allowed two runs to score. Lower Columbia had two runners on with two outs in the bottom of the eighth, but a strikeout ended the game. Ashden Niemeyer, from Wahkiakum High School, had two of Lower Columbia’s five hits, including a solo home run to center in the bottom of the fourth. Astoria graduate Dylan Rush started on the mound for Lower Columbia, and allowed eight hits in seven innings, with three strikeouts. Friday’s late night twin bill at Aiken Field turned out much better for Lower Columbia, which posted a 4-2, 15-0 sweep over Rural Baseball Inc. Between games, the recently graduated high school seniors for Lower Columbia were honored with a “Senior Night,” which they did not receive in the spring. Players wore their high school uniforms one last time for both games. Rural Baseball had seven hits to Lower Columbia’s six in Game 1, but Lower Columbia rallied from a 2-0 deficit with a run in the third and three in the fourth for all the runs it would need. Dawson Evenson (Clatskanie), Austin Little (War- renton) and Rush combined on the mound for Lower Columbia, striking out five with five walks. Little was 3-for-3 at the plate with a double, while Rush drove in two runs. Friday’s second game was a one-sided slugfest in which Lower Columbia pounded out 15 runs and 10 hits in just four at-bats. The first three batters in the Lower Columbia lineup (Mitchell Bergquist, of R.A. Long, Luke Brown, of Wahkiakum, and Warrenton’s Jake Morrow) all had two hits apiece, with Morrow driving in three. Lower Columbia will take part in a four-day tourna- ment beginning Thursday in Twin Falls, Idaho. 4th of july Weekend at seaside Outlets July 3-5 H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Gift with any purchase! Claim your Seaside Outlets reusable tote at Coastal Occasions, next to Rack Room Shoes Just show your receipt for any amount of purchase from July 3-5 at any store in the Seaside Outlets to claim your gift. (Limit 1 bag per person per day, while supplies last) Enter to win $300 in mall gift certificates at Scout NW Trading one entry per person per day, must be 18 years or older, no purchase necessary, do not need to be present to win. H H H H H H H H H H H H H H at wine and beer house limit one per person, while supplies last. Free hotdog
