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THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2017
PENDLETON
Prep Playoff Roundup
Pioneers,
Rockets
advance
1B
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Richards saves Buckaroos
Pendle-
ton pitch-
er Lauren
Richards
gets
ready to
fist bump
her coach
after
striking
out three
batters
in a row
with bas-
es loaded
Wednes-
day
against
Corvallis
at Steve
Cary
Field.
Mac-Hi rallies past
Newport; Pilot
Rock rolls Regis
East Oregonian
MILTON-FREEWATER — A
two-out rally in the fourth inning
gave the Mac-Hi Pioneers the
momentum they needed to finish off
the Newport Cubs in the first round
of the OSAA Class 4A softball state
playoffs on Wednesday at Yantis
Park.
Mac-Hi put five across in the
fourth, then six more in the fifth to
win 11-1 via mercy rule.
Mallory Copeland returned from
illness to lead the Pioneers at the
plate going 2 for 3 with two RBI.
Ashlyn Marly added three RBI and
scored twice, and Brooke Smiley
also went 2 for 3 with one RBI.
McKenna Stallings pitched the
complete game and allowed just
three hits while striking out seven
and walking none.
Newport’s only run came on a
solo home run by pitcher Skyler
Szabo in the top of the fifth. She also
pitched the whole game and finished
with five strikeouts and six walks.
UP NEXT
No. 3 Mac-Hi hosts No. 6 Crook
County on Friday. First pitch is
scheduled for 4 p.m. at Yanit Park.
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(5 innings)
R H E
NHS
000 10 —
1 3 2
M-H
000 56 — 11 10 0
W — M. Stallings. L — S. Szabo.
2B — S. Delak, H. Schones (NHS); M. Fortune, R.
Lyon, B. Smiley (M-H). 3B — A. Marly (M-H). HR — S.
Szabo.
PILOT ROCK 10, REGIS 0 —
At Pilot Rock, Tehya Ostrom was
one walk away from a perfect game
but settled for a no-hitter as her No.
2 seed Rockets shutout No. 15 Regis
10-0 in a Class 2A/1A first round
playoff game on Wednesday.
Pilot Rock coach Darin Fitz-
patrick said that Ostrom mixed her
pitches and hit her spots constantly
in the game, helping her strike out
eight batters in five innings of work.
Bekah Roe had a fantastic game
at the plate for the Rockets, as she
went 2 for 3 with a pair of doubles,
four RBI and two runs scored. She
ended the game in the fifth with a
bases-loaded double that scored all
three to give her team a walk-off to
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Staff photo by
Kathy Aney
Pendleton survives scare from Corvallis, advances to quarterfinals
Pendleton’s
Rylee Gentner
prepares to dash
to third base
as Corvallis
infielder Mad-
die Garretson
throws to first
base Wednesday
at Steve Cary
Field.
5A First round
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
Lauren Richards’ reputation as
one of the top softball pitchers in
the state was further solidified on
Wednesday afternoon.
The Pendleton junior struck
out 14 Corvallis batters and
allowed just two hits and three
walks as Pendleton defeated the
Spartans 4-0 in their first round
playoff game at Steve Cary
Field. However, it was Richards’
masterful work in the sixth inning
that was so impressive.
With the Buckaroos leading
1-0, Corvallis smacked a leadoff
single, worked a walk and then
loaded the bases with no outs after
a fielding error by the Buckaroos.
After a short visit to the circle
by Pendleton coach Tim Cary,
Richards re-focused and promptly
struck out three straight batters to
leave the bases loaded.
#14 Corvallis #3 Pendleton
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“That was pretty impressive,”
Cary said of Richards. “It’s the
meat of their order there where
we’re thinking ‘gosh it’ll be tough
to keep at least one off the board’
and it was amazing to see her
just mow down the middle of the
order.
“That was absolutely huge for
us, and it probably took the win
out of (Corvallis’) sails a little bit.”
Pendleton rode the momentum
from the top of the inning into the
bottom, and was finally able to
break through against Corvallis’
pitcher Kelsie Sullivan, who had
allowed just two hits and one
hit-by-pitch through the first five
innings.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Richards started off the run
with a single up the middle
and then RBI hits from Payton
Hergert, Kalan McGlothan and
Alexi Brehaut gave the Buckaroos
a 4-0 lead.
“(Sullivan’s) speed was one
we really haven’t seen before so
it jammed us up a bit at first,”
Hergert said of the team’s offen-
sive struggles. “But we found a
way to get the bat to the ball. We
had some momentum from the
inning before and really took that
to the plate ... we were all really
jacked up going up there so we
used it.”
Pendleton’s only other run
came in the first inning. Kirah
McGlotahn led off with a looping
single into left field, stole second
base and then advanced to third
on a passed ball. Hergert then
drove her in with a grounder to the
shortstop for a 1-0 lead.
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MLB
STANFIELD
Tigers start title defense with dominance Mariners
slide
continues
Stanfield breezes
by Catlin Gabel
in first round
Seattle’s scored just
five runs in five
game losing streak
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
The Stanfield Tigers brought
a renewed energy, but the same
steady sense of purpose to face
Catlin Gabel in the opening round
of the OSAA Class 3A baseball
state playoffs on Wednesday at
Madigan Field.
With a jovial dugout atmo-
sphere, the 2016
3A First Round state
champions
opened their title
defense
with
a
performance
Catlin Gabel worthy of celebra-
tion as they sent
the Eagles into the
offseason with a
23-3 beating.
“Now
that
Stanfield
playoffs started,
most of us are
really into it,” said
Stanfield senior
Dylan Grogan, who started on the
mound and threw three shutout
innings to get the win. “During the
season, it just wasn’t as exciting for
us. When the playoffs hit everyone
gets pumped up and I think that
made the biggest difference.”
“Usually we try to think that
each team we play in the playoffs
is the best team in the state,” said
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By IAN QUILLEN
Associated Press
to work on Maynard, and Thyler
Monkus drew a walk to lead off
and then stole second. Maynard’s
control was an issue throughout his
three innings on the mound, and
he walked six, hit one and put four
wild pitches past his catcher.
But he still put plenty of balls in
the strike zone for the Tigers to hit,
and Grogan was the first of many
to find open real estate with his
line drive to center field that scored
Monkus. Grogan later scored on a
wild pitch to make it 2-0 after one
inning.
Woods made a pair of nice grabs
WASHINGTON — After
hitting three home runs
and driving in eight runs in
two games following a day
off, Anthony Rendon has a
message for
Washington
Nationals
manager
Seattle
Dusty Baker:
Keep ‘em
coming.
A
refreshed
R e n d o n
Washington c o n t i n u e d
d o i n g
d a m a g e
Wednesday night, belting a
three-run first-inning homer,
his eighth of the season, in the
Nationals’ 5-1 victory over the
Seattle Mariners.
“It may not seem like it
wears on you as a player,”
said Rendon, who was out of
the lineup for Washington in
Atlanta on Sunday. “But that
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Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Stanfield’s Brody Woods and Klay Jenson relax and have a little
fun in the dugout during the Tigers’ 23-3 win against Catlin Ga-
ble on Wednesday in Stanfield.
junior third baseman Brody Woods.
“That way we come out ready for
each and every game.”
It was a rematch from the 2016
quarterfinals, a game Stanfield won
17-1, but for three Tigers it was
also their first playoff start. Junior
second baseman T.J. Smith’s worst
fears were realized when he bobbled
a grounder hit by Catlin Gabel’s
Jasper Gordon to immediately give
the Eagles a runner on base.
“It was one of those ones where I
was expecting it, I just wasn’t ready
for it,” said Smith, who had been
called into action late in the season
due to an injury and earned the start
based on his defense.
But Smith redeemed himself
right away when the next crack of
the bat sent the ball bouncing back
his way and started a double play
that shortstop Tony Flores finished.
Then Eagles starting pitcher
Matt Maynard got Catlin Gabel’s
first hit with a single lined to right
field, but Grogan got him leaning a
little too far off first with his second
pick-off attempt to end the inning.
“It’s always really exciting when
somebody gets picked off, when
we make a good pick-off move
or a nice play to end the inning,”
said Smith, who was involved in
two more double plays later in the
game. “You come in and you just
get really hyped up as a little group
before you go hit, and then it just
kind of carries on from there.”
Stanfield’s offense got right
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Stanfield’s Dylan Grogan throws
from the mound in the Tigers’
23-3 win against Catlin Gable on
Wednesday in Stanfield.
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