SPORTS
THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2021
BAKER GOLF
BAKER CITY HERALD — 5A
BAKER SOFTBALL
BAKER TENNIS
Baker struggles against Tigers
By Corey Kirk
ckirk@bakercityherald.com
On a windy Tuesday
afternoon at the Baker
Sports Complex, the Baker
softball team had a tough
outing against La Grande,
falling 20-0.
La Grande improved to
4-0. Baker is 0-3.
“We knew it was going
to be a tough contest, but I
just wanted us to compete
and get better with each
game,” Baker coach Sonny
Gulick said. “We are re-
ally young, and playing
teams of this caliber will
just make us better in the
future.”
As the season pro-
gresses, Gulick said he will
focus on Baker improve on
defense.
“Fly balls, routine
ground balls, making those
easy plays are what we are
Corey Kirk/Baker City Herald
Taylor Nudd watches the fl ight of her shot on Tues-
day, April 20 at Quail Ridge Golf Course.
Bulldogs get
back on course
Corey Kirk/Baker City Herald
Makayla Rabourne at bat Tuesday, April 20.
really emphasizing right
now, and hopefully we will
get to improve with every
game we get to play,” he
said.
With a roster made of
mainly of sophomores, who
are playing both varsity
and junior varsity games,
Gulick said he sees this
abbreviated season as an
opportunity for the young
Bulldogs to improve.
“I hope each kid walks
away saying, ‘OK, I got
better at something,’
whether it’s fi elding or an
at-bat, I want them to feel
like they had some success
somewhere,” Gulick said.
BAKER BASEBALL
By Corey Kirk
La Grande routs Baker
ckirk@bakercityherald.com
Baker senior Taylor Nudd was the girls medalist
with a round of 96, and junior Jesse Maldonado tied for
fourth among the boys with a score of 88 at a golf tour-
nament Tuesday, April 20 at Quail Ridge Golf Course.
The Bulldogs played host to La Grande, Nyssa, Burns
and Ontario.
“I’m excited to see the kids out playing again, it was
just good to see them on our home course being able to
play,” Baker coach Mike Long said. “It’s nice to have good
weather, which we normally don’t have, and the parents’
support was great.”
On the girls side of the invitational, Baker junior
Caitlin Lien tied for second with a round of 99, and
sophomore Gretchen Morgan carded a 121.
For the boys, Baker’s only other player, junior Gaven
Stretcher, shot a 105.
“I think the scores were a little bit higher than we are
capable of, and it will be good to host districts and how
those scores will be compared to the scores we posted on
Tuesday,” Long said.
The one-day district tournament is set for May 10 at
Quail Ridge.
The Baker girls are tentatively scheduled to play at
La Grande on Tuesday, April 27, and the boys at La
Grande on Friday, April 30.
our goal sheet and we didn’t reach them
today,” Smith said. “We can’t give up free
Baker’s strong start to the baseball
bases, when the lead off guy gets on,
team ran into a tough obstacle Tuesday, however he gets on, he scores 80 percent
April 20 in the form of the La Grande
of the time.”
Tigers.
Offensively the Bulldogs were able
La Grande, playing its fi rst games of
to chip away at the lead throughout
the season, dominated a doubleheader at the middle innings of both games, but
the Baker Sports Complex, winning 16-3 they weren’t able to maintain offensive
and 18-3.
momentum and left multiple runners on
Baker had won its fi rst three games.
base.
“We got beat in all three phases of the
“We are going to have to fi gure out a
game, we didn’t come out ready to go,”
way to have better at-bats, we had a lot
Baker coach Tim Smith said.
of strikeouts today, a lot of third-strikes
A common thread for Baker pitchers
looking, that’s a no-no, we can’t do it,”
Tuesday was falling behind in the count, Smith said.
leading to multiple walks that gave La
“We have to focus a little more in prac-
Grande lots of baserunners.
tice. That’s on us as coaches, we have to
Smith said throwing strikes is a piv-
prepare them a little better,” Smith said.
otal part of the game.
Baker will return to the Sports Com-
“It’s imperative, we talk about fi rst
plex on Tuesday, April 27 for a single
pitch strikes and leadoff outs, that’s on
game against Nyssa starting at 5 p.m.
By Corey Kirk
ckirk@bakercityherald.com
Corey Kirk/Baker City Herald
Noah Lien and his doubles
teammate, Weston Downing,
won their match Monday, April
19 against La Grande.
La Grande
tops Bulldogs
By Corey Kirk
ckirk@bakercityherald.com
The Baker tennis team lost
6-2 in a Greater Oregon League
match against La Grande on
Monday, April 19 at the Ash Grove
courts.
Coach Amy Younger said she
was proud of her players despite
the outcome.
“Their effort was awesome,
their enthusiasm was great and
they worked hard,” Younger said.
Baker’s two match wins came
in doubles.
On the girls side, sophomores
Tristen Tritt and Riley Shaw won
their match in three sets, 4-6, 6-2,
6-1.
The boys team of freshmen
Noah Lien and Weston Downing
won in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1.
Baker will be on the road for its
next three matches, today at Vale,
Monday, April 26 at Nyssa and
Friday, April 30 at Four Rivers
Charter School in Ontario.
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