BAKER CITY HERALD • SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2022 A3
SPORTS
BAKER BASEBALL
Bulldog baseball off to 3-0 start
The second game featured a lot
more offense, as Heppner/Ione
Baker was just waiting to play an jumped ahead 3-0 after one inning
extra inning, apparently.
and 7-4 after two.
The Bulldog baseball team
Baker whittled away at the lead,
erupted for 11 runs in the final in- scoring two runs in the top of the
ning of a doubleheader on Thurs-
sixth to tie the score at 7. Heppner/
day, March 17, at Heppner, turn-
Ione went ahead 8-7 with a run in
ing a tie into a 19-8 win in eight
the bottom half, but Baker got an-
innings and completing a sweep of other run in the top of the seventh
Heppner/Ione.
to make it 8-8.
Baker, which won the first game
Smith said Heppner/Ione had the
7-2, improved to 3-0 on the season. potential game-winning run at third
“I thought we played pretty well
base with one out in the bottom of
defensively in both games, our in-
the seventh, but Capon, who was
field was solid,” Baker coach Tim
Baker’s second relief pitcher, had a
Smith said.
strikeout and induced a ground ball
He said he thought Baker hit
to force extra innings.
the ball better than in the sea-
And that’s when, as Smith put it,
son opener at Parma, Idaho, on
“the floodgates opened.”
Wednesday, March 16, although he
Most of the Baker line up had a
lamented the seven runners Baker
hit as Baker pushed 11 runs across
left on base in the first game at Hep- the plate to take a 19-8 lead.
pner.
Capon held Heppner/Ione score-
“It could have been a bigger score less in the bottom of the eighth.
for sure,” Smith said.
“We came out in the top of the
Connor Chastain started on the
eighth and really put it to them,”
mound and allowed just three hits
Smith said.
and two runs in 5.2 innings, strik-
Logsdon went 4 for 5 and drove in
ing out six.
four runs. Younger was 3 for 4 with
“Connor threw one of the bet-
2 RBI, Chastain 3 for 5 with an RBI,
ter games he’s thrown at the var-
Cody Skidgel 3 for 5 with 2 RBI, Kai
sity level,” Smith said. “Whenever
Ogan 3 for 6 with 3 RBI, Hudson
we can get at least five innings out
Spike 2 for 6 with 2 RBI, and Caiden
of our starter we’re going to be in
Benson 2 for 4 with 2 RBI.
good shape.”
Alex Crawford relieved Chastain At Parma, Idaho
and held Heppner/Ione scoreless
Baker opened its season at Parma
over the final 1.1 innings.
with a performance that was the re-
Chastain helped himself at the
verse of what Smith anticipated.
plate, driving in a pair of runs.
The Bulldogs struggled at the
Jaxon Logsdon, Logan Capon and plate, with no extra-base hits and 15
Hayden Younger each had two hits. strikeouts.
BY JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
But Baker played solid defense,
with no errors, and four Baker
pitchers combined to allow seven
hits and two runs in a 5-2 win.
“We played better defensively
than we did offensively, which I
didn’t expect would be the case,”
Smith said.
With weather forcing Baker to
spend much of its practice time in
the batting cages rather than on the
field, he anticipated a better offen-
sive showing.
“It shows that live hitting is differ-
ent than being in the cages,” Smith
said. “We’ve got things to work on. It
was a rough win.”
Smith said starting pitcher
Chastain and a trio of relievers —
Thomas Smithson, Silas Carter and
Capon — all threw well for their
first outing of the season.
With a doubleheader scheduled
the next day, Smith had to limit
pitch counts against Parma. Pitch-
ers who throw more than 25 pitches
can’t pitch the next day, so Smith
capped Chastain, Smithson and Ca-
pon to that threshold.
Carter, who came on in the fourth
and threw 51 pitches over three in-
nings, earned the win. He struck out
four batters, walked two and allowed
only one run.
Baker scored all its runs in the
fifth inning, breaking up a scoreless
game through four.
Smithson had the biggest hit with
a two-run single. Cody Skidgel also
had an RBI single.
Although Baker hitters struggled
to make solid contact at the plate,
Smith said he was pleased with the
AT PARMA
Baker
0 0 0 0 5 0 0 — 5
Parma
0 0 0 0 1 1 0 — 2
Chastain, Smithson (2), Carter (4), Ca-
pon (7) and Logsdon. Powers, Hult-
man (5) and Heffelfinger.
WP: Carter. LP: Powers.
GAME ONE AT HEPPNER/IONE
Baker
0 0 1 2 1 2 1 — 7
Hepp./Ione 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 2
Chastain, Crawford (6) and Logsdon.
Ashbeck, Eynetich (7) and Proud-
foot. WP: Chastain. LP: Ashbeck. 2B:
Capon.
GAME TWO AT HEPPNER/IONE
Baker
0 4 0 1 0 2 1 11 — 19
Hepp./Ione 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 — 8
Smithson, Benson (2), Capon (7) and
Logsdon. Nation, Eynetich (8), Wilkins
(8) and Proudfoot. WP: Capon. LP:
Eynetich. 2B: Skidgel, Younger, Spike,
Benson, Logsdon.
Bulldogs’ speed when they did get
on base. Baker had 11 stolen bases,
including three by Capon and two
thefts each from Smithson, Logsdon
and Spike.
“We didn’t get on base a lot, but
when we did we wanted to move
runners into scoring position,”
Smith said. “We can steal bases. It
was exciting to see.”
Less than half a day after return-
Jayson Jacoby/Baker City Herald
ing from Heppner, the Bulldogs
headed out on Interstate 84 en route Baker baseball player Thomas Smithson
to Arizona, where they’ll play four
awaits a pitch during batting practice on
games next week.
March 15, 2022.
NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Top seed Gonzaga pulls away late
ally had too much size and
skill for the Panthers. Drew
Timme scored 22 of his 32
PORTLAND — Gon-
points in the second half,
zaga coach Mark Few has
making up for a sluggish
seen plenty of No. 16 seeds
start by the Zags and a long
in the first round of the
NCAA Tournament. When stretch of the first half when
he watched video of Georgia the tournament’s No. 1 over-
State, the longtime Bulldogs’ all seed couldn’t make a bas-
coach didn’t see a team that ket.
Even when Gonzaga’s of-
fit that profile.
Few turned to be correct. fense kicked into gear af-
Gonzaga spent 30 minutes
ter halftime, the Panthers
struggling to create any sep- didn’t fold.
aration against the 16th-
seeded Panthers before
pulling away late for a
93-72 win on Thursday,
March 17.
“Once we started really
breaking them down, I
kept telling people that’s
not a 16 seed,” Few said
after Gonzaga won its
13th straight first-round
game in the NCAAs. “I
think they showed it to-
night. Georgia State gave
us quite a fight.”
The Bulldogs eventu-
BY TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
Baker City Public Works/Contributed Photo
A fire on Thursday evening, March 16, 2022, scorched the city’s sewer
jetter truck at the Baker City Public Works Department shops.
Fire
She praised the resident
who reported the blaze.
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“I can’t say enough how
grateful I am that a citizen
Fire damage was so extensive who saw something, said
that it wasn’t possible to identify something,” Owen said. “It
a specific part on the truck that could have been a lot worse.
might have sparked the fire. He It’s bad enough.”
said the truck had not had any
recent mechanical issues.
The public works depart-
Alan (Big Al) King
ment uses that truck, which
March 17, 1947 – January 10, 2022
has a water tank, to dislodge
Alan Lloyd King was born
blockages in sewer lines. The
March
17, 1947, to Lloyd
truck has a pump that creates a
Sterling King and Della Frances
high-pressure surge of water.
Ryan in Exeter, California, and
Owen said city workers park
the truck in what’s known
died with his wife by his side on
as the “warm storage” build-
January 10, 2022, in Appleton,
ing, which is kept at a warm
Wisconsin, from Covid.
enough temperature to pre-
He is survived by his wife,
vent the water in the sewer jet-
Sheri. Children: Aaron (Rilda)
ter truck from freezing.
King, Becky (Jack) Zoglman,
She said the truck was
Ryan King and Karle (Jason)
parked and shut down as
Stoll. Grandchildren: Ethan
usual after being used on
(fiancé Alyssa) Zoglman, Grace Zoglman, Andrew
Wednesday.
Zoglman, Ben Winans, Xander Winans, Jonathan Stoll,
“It was shut down like ev-
Nick Stoll, Drew Stoll. Sister: Anita Joyce Barlow.
ery other day,” Owen said.
Nephew: Robert Barlow. Niece: Sarah Barlow.
“We use it every day, we go
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through the same process
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every day. There wasn’t any-
Baker
City.
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and damaged a pickup truck
the city uses to spread salt
and sand at icy or snowy in-
tersections, as well as a street
sweeper.
The city likely will need to
rent equipment to temporarily
replace the vehicles damaged
by the fire, Owen said.
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The eventual overwhelm-
ing surge from the Bulldogs
finally arrived with about 10
minutes to go. Gonzaga went
on a 24-1 run, turning a four-
point game into the blowout
that was expected. The Zags
will face the West Region’s
No. 9 seed, Memphis, in the
second round on Saturday.
Timme was the catalyst,
topping 30 points for the
fifth time in his career while
also grabbing 13 rebounds.
Chet Holmgren, the Zags’
7-foot freshman, added 19
points, 17 rebounds and
seven blocks.
“My guys had my back and
the coaches believed in me.
I just had confidence from
them,” said Timme, who was
3 of 7 shooting and 4 of 9 at
the foul line in the first half.
“It’s really reassuring. It re-
ally can help give you a boost
when you get a little down
on yourself.”
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