BAKER CITY HERALD • TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2022 A5
SPORTS
BAKER BASEBALL DOUBLEHEADER AGAINST ONTARIO
Bulldogs romp past Ontario
Bulldogs, now 4-0
in league play,
brace for key
doubleheader
against La Grande
all the runs it would need in
the first inning of both games,
with three runs in the first
game and six runs to open the
second game.
In the opening game, Baker
scored all three of its first-in-
ning runs with two outs.
BY IAN CRAWFORD AND
Hudson Spike doubled with
one out, and after the second
JAYSON JACOBY
out he stole third and scored
Baker City Herald
Baker pitchers Silas Carter
on a passed ball.
and Logan Capon each allowed
After Capon and Thomas
Ontario just two hits, and the
Smithson singled, Cole Hester
Bulldog batters were equally
drove in both with a ground
dominant as Baker rolled past ball up the middle.
the Tigers 14-0 and 11-1 in a
Baker broke the game open
doubleheader Friday, April 15, with seven more runs in the
2022, at the Sports Complex.
second inning. Jaxon Logsdon
Carter, who threw in the first and Capon had back-to-back
game, and Capon both earned two-run doubles. Hester drove
complete-game, five-inning
in another run with a single,
wins as Baker improved to 4-0 and Connor Chastain had an-
in the Greater Oregon League other two-run double to cap
on a chilly, cloudy afternoon.
the inning.
Carter had five strikeouts
Hester was 3 for 3 with four
and didn’t walk a batter.
RBIs, Capon was 3 for 3 with 2
Capon struck out seven On- RBIs, and Logsdon 2 for 4 with
tario batters.
2 RBIs.
Offensively, Baker scored
In the second game Ontario
took a 1-0 lead on an unearned
run in the top of the first.
But Baker responded imme-
diately, scoring six runs in the
bottom of the first.
Spike had an RBI single and
Chastain hit a sacrifice fly as
Baker took advantage of multi-
ple walks and errors.
Baker added single runs in
the second, third and fourth
innings, before ending the
game by 10-run rule with two
more runs in the bottom of
the fifth.
After dominating both On-
tario and Mac-Hi to open its
league season, Baker faces
what’s likely to be a much
more formidable challenge on
Wednesday, April 20, when La
Grande comes to the Sports
Complex for a key league dou-
bleheader starting at 2 p.m.
The Tigers are 13-1 overall
and also opened the league sea-
son by sweeping both Mac-Hi
and Ontario. La Grande beat
Mac-Hi 12-0 and 17-0, and
Ontario 14-1 and 19-1.
GAME ONE
Ontario 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Baker 3 7 4 0 x — 14
James and Cole. Carter and
Logsdon.
2B: Capon, Chastain, Hester,
Logsdon, Smithson, Spike.
GAME TWO
Ontario 1 0 0 0 0 — 1
Baker 6 1 1 1 2 — 11
Cole and Calderon. Capon
and Logsdon.
“They are the reigning
league champs,” Smith said of
the Tigers. “We are definitely
playing better baseball as of
late but will need to play error
free defense and our pitchers
have to command the strike
zone and trust our defense.
Offensively, we have to be con-
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fident and aggressive at the
Baker’s Connor Chastain bats against Ontario during a doubleheader
plate. It will be a great test for
on Friday, April 15, 2022, at the Sports Complex. Chastain had 3 RBIs
our baseball team.”
on the day as Baker won both games easily.
BAKER SOFTBALL DOUBLEHEADER AGAINST ONTARIO
Bulldogs outhit Tigers but drop both games
BY IAN CRAWFORD AND
JAYSON JACOBY
Baker City Herald
The Baker softball team
rallied to take a 7-6 lead over
Ontario in the first game of a
doubleheader Friday, April 15,
at the Sports Complex, but the
Bulldogs couldn’t hold the lead
and went on to lose both games
and fall to 0-4 in the Greater
Oregon League.
After Baker scored four runs
in the bottom of the fifth to
lead 7-6, the Tigers immedi-
ately responded with five runs
in the top of the sixth. Baker
went scoreless in the final two
innings of a 12-7 loss.
Although Baker outhit On-
tario in both games — 16 to 13
in the first game, 8 to 5 in the
second — the Bulldogs strug-
gled to convert hits into runs.
Ontario won the second game,
7-1, with Baker scoring its lone
run in the last inning.
“We were able to hold them
to fewer runs in game two be-
cause we did a better job of
keeping the ball in the park,”
Baker coach Sonny Gulick
said. “We did a much better
job keeping the top of their
order off of the bases. That is
attributed to Kaycee Cuzick
keeping them off balance at
the plate.”
Cuzick, who pitched all 14
innings of the doubleheader,
allowed just five hits and had
seven strikeouts in Baker’s 7-1
loss in the second game.
In the first game, Ontario
had three doubles to go with
one triple and two home runs.
Belle Navarrete hit both hom-
ers and the triple and drove in
five runs.
But Baker was in position to
get a win thanks to the fifth-in-
ning rally that turned a 6-3
deficit into a 7-6 lead.
The rally started with a blast,
as Makayla Rabourne hit a solo
homer to left field.
Cuzick followed with a sin-
gle, and Kaci Anderson dou-
bled to advance courtesy run-
ner Kaydence Thomas to third.
Thomas scored on an error,
and Candace Peterson had an
RBI single to even the score at
6-6. Te’ygan Coley tagged up
at third and scored on Ashlyn
Dalton’s pop up to give Baker
the lead.
It didn’t last long.
Navarrete hit a three-run ho-
mer in the top of the sixth to
give Ontario a lead it wouldn’t
relinquish.
“We took another loss while
outhitting our opponent,”
Gulick said. “If we can clean
up our defensive mistakes
we have a chance to win that
first game.”
Baker committed three er-
rors in the game.
The defensive struggles per-
sisted in the second game.
Ontario scored one of its two
first-inning runs on an error.
Navarrete hit her third home
run of the doubleheader in the
third as the Tigers extended
their lead to 4-0.
Dalton had two doubles, in
the fifth and seventh innings,
but she was stranded on base
both times.
GAME ONE
Ontario 1 1 2 2 0 5 1 — 12
Baker 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 — 7
Navarrette and K. Kemble.
Cuzick and K. Anderson.
2B: Aldrich, K. Anderson, Co-
ley. 3B: Aldrich. HR: Rabourne.
GAME TWO
Ontario 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 — 7
Baker 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 — 1
Calderon and K. Kemble. Cuz-
ick and K. Anderson, O. An-
derson (3).
2B: Dalton 2.
“Ashlyn made solid contact
a couple of times to give us a
runner in scoring position but
we could never bring her in,”
Gulick said.
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Baker scored its lone run on Baker shortstop Ashlyn Dalton, center, prepares to field a ground ball against Ontario on Friday, April 15,
Sydney Fry’s ground ball in the 2022, at the Sports Complex. Pitcher Kaycee Cuzick is at right, and at left is third basemen Brooklyn Rayl.
final inning.
Baker, which dropped to
5-6 on the season, will try to
get its first league win on Fri-
day, April 22, when La Grande
comes to the Sports Complex
for a doubleheader starting at
2 p.m. The Tigers are 6-4 over-
all and 2-0 in league play, after
beating Ontario 13-2 and 15-1
on April 7.
“We continue to give our-
selves opportunities to win
but have not managed to get
a league victory at this point,”
Gulick said. “We will have an-
other opportunity for that first
league win against a very good
La Grande softball team Friday.”
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