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Saturday, April 7, 2018
SPORTS
ROUNDUP: Bulldogs golf takes team
title in Pendleton Country Club Invite
East Oregonian
Continued from 1B
IRRIGON 9, HOOD
RIVER VALLEY (JV) 7
— After a three-game losing
skid that started at the River-
side/Irrigon Tournament and
crept into April, the Irrigon
Knights managed to shake
of their woes and pull off a
9-7 victory over Hood River
Valley’s junior Varsity team.
In a similar fashion to
their last win — a narrow
two-run victory over Willa-
mina on March 27 — the
Knights (5-7) grinded out a
victory to wrap up their long
stretch of non-league play.
BASEBALL
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Hermiston pitcher Caden Schwirse throws from the mound in the Bulldogs’ 5-0 loss
to Heritage on Friday in Hermiston.
BASEBALL: League opener next week
Continued from 1B
“I’m pretty happy with
the way we finished the
second game,” Moore
added.
On the offensive end, the
victory was highlighted by
an inside-the-park home run
from Landon Jones.
After an RBI single
from Wyatt Noland put
Hermiston up 1-0 in the
first inning, the two teams
were scoreless nearing the
halfway point. But in the
bottom of the fourth, the
Bulldogs extended their
lead and would reach their
eventual game winning
score.
Joel Mendez started off
the five-run inning with an
RBI to center field. Jordan
Ramirez followed with a
ground ball to shortstop
that gave Garron Anderson
enough time to score.
Now up 3-0 with two
outs and two on, Landon
Jones stepped up to the
plate. Prior to his appear-
ance in the fourth, Jones had
reached base during his two
previous at bats – the first
on an infield single and the
second after being hit by a
pitch.
This time, Jones’ line
drive went deep down the
right-field line, passed the
glove of the Timberwolf and
cleared the bases.
“That’s one of the most
exciting plays in baseball,”
Moore said.
Moore added that Jones’
quickness and the team’s
willingness to continue their
aggressive base running put
Hermiston in the position to
execute the inside-the-park
home run.
The
heavy
hitting
continued as Noland was a
perfect 4-for-4 at bats and
Lukas Tolan hit two doubles
going 3-for-4 at the plate.
Tolan transitioned that
power when he was toeing
the rubber. His performance
on the mound was the
highlight of the Bulldogs’
defensive efforts. The four-
year varsity player went
the distance, throwing a
complete game and only
giving up four runs while
striking out six and walking
three.
“It’s a situation where
we have a week off and I
want Luke to extend a little
bit,” Moore said. “I kept
on asking him in between
innings, ‘Luke, how are
you feeling?’ And he goes,
‘I want it.’ When a kid is
throwing that well and he
wants to finish the ball
game, I’m going to ride him
into it. Tonight he went the
distance.”
Hermiston will return to
the diamond today when
the Bulldogs host the Hood
River Valley Eagles for their
league opener.
———
Game 1
R H E
HERITAGE 011 021
0 — 5 6 1
HERMISTON 000 000 0 — 0 4 4
(HERI) B. Youkon. (HERM) C. Schwirse,
G. Anderson (6) — . W — Youkon, L —
Schwirse.
2B — C Hendy (HERI).
Game 2
R H E
HERITAGE 000 000
0 — 0 4 3
HERMISTON 100 500 X — 6 14 2
(HERI) N. Bacon, D. Gange (5). (HERM)
L. Tolan. W — Tolan, L — Bacon.
HR — L. Jones (HERM). 2B — L. Tolan
2 (HERM).
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STANFIELD
10-13,
BURNS 6-5 — After
sweeping Burns on Friday,
Stanfield is now riding a
three-game win streak. The
pair of wins came after a
10-6 victory in Game 1 and a
13-5 defeat of the Hilanders
(2-8) in Game 2.
The
Tigers
(8-4),
however, fell behind 3-0
before commanding a lead
they would never relinquish.
A two-RBI double from
Burns started off the scoring
in the second inning and the
Hilanders added to their total
with another RBI double to
hold their brief lead.
Stanfield
finally
responded in the third with
four runs highlight by RBI
singles from Brody Woods
and Shayne Keltz.
Both Woods and Keltz
were at it again in the fifth.
Woods hit an RBI triple to
center field and Keltz sent a
line drive to the same spot for
an RBI double that scored TJ
Smith.
Michael Connell added
an RBI of his own and later
scored on a wild pitch to put
the Tigers up 9-3. Stanfield’s
final run of the first game
came off the bat of Makiah
Blankenship, who grounded
into a fielder’s choice that
gave Smith enough time to
safely reach home plate.
After three scoreless
innings, Burns tried to rally
in the top of the seventh. The
Hilanders managed to add
three more to their total off a
two-RBI double and a score
on a wild pitch, but their late
efforts weren’t enough to
catch up to the Tigers.
Smith pitched Stanfield to
victory after 4 2/3 innings of
work. Smith allowed six hits
and three runs while striking
out one batter.
Cade Tiller was handed
the loss. He toed the rubber
for four innings, allowing
eight hits and nine runs
while striking out three and
walking zero.
In Game 2, the Tigers’
didn’t hold back, building an
early advantage and getting
out to a 7-3 lead after the first
three innings.
Woods, Smith, Connell
Keller, would put the Vikings
on the board again. But for
every Umatilla run, Irrigon
scored just a few more. The
Vikings went on to score
one run in the fifth and sixth
innings off a Cody Samson
single and Wilson grounder,
respectively.
The Knights scored seven
more runs over the final two
innings. A Gumbert RBI
double started the action in
the fifth and a run on a wild
pitch capped off the excite-
ment in the sixth.
In Game 2, Irrigon again
got out to an early lead and
was up 11-0 after just three
innings.
A sequence of stolen
bases, a balk, and a passed
ball ended up putting the
Knights up 5-0 after the first
inning and an RBI double
from Covarrubia showcased
the scoring in the third.
Umatilla
tried
to
minimize the damage by
chipping away at its deficit in
the fourth and fifth innings.
A walk with the bases loaded
brought in the Vikings only
run in the fourth, but the
10-run rule was still in effect.
Irrigon added to its total
in the bottom of the inning to
go up 13-1.
In Umatilla’s final chance
to get the game going, it was
only able to bring in two runs
— both off a bases loaded hit
by pitch.
———
and Blankenship aided in
Stanfield’s first four runs.
Woods and Smith hit RBI
doubles; Connell grounded
out for the Tigers’ second out
and third score of the inning;
and while Blankenship was
at the plate, Keltz scored on
a wild pitch.
Burns squeezed a lone run
off an RBI double in before
Stanfield increased its lead in
the bottom of the second.
Damien Curial high-
lighted the three-run inning
with an RBI single to right
field.
The Hilanders would
score four more runs — two
in the third and two more in
the sixth — but again, they
couldn’t keep up with the
Tigers.
Woods and Smith were
responsible for a combined
four of Stanfield’s next five
runs and Dillon Dunlap
capped off the scoring in the
bottom of the sixth with an
RBI single.
Woods was given the
victory on the pitcher’s
mound after surrendering
three runs on three hits over
four innings. Wood struck
out seven.
Mick Winn took the loss
after allowing ten hits and ten
runs while striking out three
in three innings of work.
———
Game 1
R H E
BHS
021 000
3 — 6 8 7
SHS
004 051 X — 10 9 2
(B) C. Tiller, L. Bailey (5). (S) T. Smith, A.
Renner (4). W — Smith, L — Tiller.
3B — B. Woods (S). 2B — B. Goss, L.
Bailey, M. Winn, E. Aamodt (B); S. Keltz,
T. Smith (S).
Game 1
R H E
UHS
010 111
0 — 4 9 2
IHS
211 034 X — 11 12 1
(U) K. Keller, S. Cranston (6). (I) Z. Hen-
dricks, A. Roa (5).
2B — L. Covarrubia, N. Gumbert, A.
Game 2
R H E
BHS
012 002
0 — 5 5 3
SHS
430 321 X — 13 15 3
(B) M. Winn, G. Swindlehurst (4). (S)
B. Woods, D. Curial (5). W — Woods,
L — Winn.
2B — M. Winn (B); B. Woods, A. Renner,
T. Smith (S).
Roa (I).
Game 3
R H E
UHS
000 12X X — 3 3 4
IHS
506 2XX X — 13 6 0
(U) C. Samson, A. Wilson (1), J. Brown
(4). (I) Brady Harrington, Johnny Phillips (4),
Nate Gumbert (5).
2B — L. Covarrubia, K. Flemming (I).
IRRIGON
11-13,
UMATILLA 4-3 — In
both team’s league openers,
Irrigon hand the home-field
advantage against Umatilla
and handed the Vikings (4-3
overall, 0-2 Eastern Oregon
League) two tough losses.
The Knights (6-3, 2-0)
got out to an early lead in
both games, taking the first,
11-4, and the second, 13-3 —
which enforced the 10-run
rule.
In Game 1, Nate Gumbert
started off the scoring with
an RBI single and later stole
home to put Irrigon up 2-0
after the first inning.
James Wilson hit a
sacrifice fly for Umatilla to
help cut its deficit to a single
run, but the Knights doubled
their run total in the next two
innings.
Lino Covarrubia hit an
RBI double in the bottom
of the second and Zack
Henrichs singled to score
Adrian Roa. Irrigon went
up 4-1 after three innings of
play.
Another lone run, this
time off the bat of Kole
GOLF
PENDLETON — A
handful of local schools
competed in the Pendleton
Country Club Invite on
Friday. The field was made
up of Hermiston and Pend-
leton’s boys teams, Heppner,
Echo and Nixyaawii among
others.
The Bulldogs took the
boys team title after shooting
477.
The
Buckaroos
followed with a third place
finish, carding 449.
The Heppner boys team
finished just outside the top
five and claimed sixth place
with a 428. Nixyaawii (284)
and Echo (214) ended the
tournament in 10th and 12th
place, respectively.
For the girls, Nyssa ran
away with a first place finish
by nearly 30 strokes. The
Mustangs’ varsity squad
rounded out the top five with
a 430 and the junior varsity
team recorded at 299 for a
sixth place finish.
Echo finished in the 12th
and final place with a 95.
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