BAKER CITY HERALD • SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2022 A5
SPORTS
BAKER BASEBALL AT ONTARIO
Bulldogs dominate Ontario in doubleheader
Baker remains in
second place in
GOL standings
Baker drops nonleague game at Homedale
BY JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald
Baker locked up second
place in the Greater Oregon
League baseball standings and
strengthened its positioning
for the Class 4A playoffs with
a dominating sweep of On-
tario on Thursday, May 5, at
Ontario.
Baker won the opener 20-0
and the second game 17-1
to improve its league record
to 8-2.
The Bulldogs, 14-9 overall,
trail only La Grande, which is
10-0 in GOL play, 21-1 overall
and ranked fourth in the state.
Baker’s two league losses
were to La Grande in a dou-
bleheader on April 20 at the
Baker Sports Complex. Baker
concludes its GOL schedule
by traveling to La Grande for a
doubleheader on Friday, May
13. First pitch is set for 2 p.m.
“It’s a tall order for us,” Baker
coach Tim Smith said of the
upcoming rematch against La
Grande. The Tigers have not
only been winning, they’ve
been annihilating their oppo-
nents, not allowing a single run
in their past 10 games. That
streak includes 10-0 and 16-0
wins over Baker.
“I think they’re the best team
in the state overall,” Smith said
of La Grande.
On Thursday at Ontario,
Baker led from the start, scor-
ing two runs in the top of the
first inning of the opener.
Baker scored both runs with-
out the benefit of a hit.
Jaxon Logsdon and Connor
Chastain both walked to start
BAKER TENNIS
AT NYSSA
Baker
drops 8
of 10
matches
Baker City Herald
NYSSA — On the hottest
day of an otherwise chilly
spring, the Baker tennis teams
had a tough outing against
Nyssa on Wednesday, May 4.
Nyssa won eight of 10 matches.
Baker’s Ashton LeTour-
neau had the lone win on the
boys side, winning his sin-
gles match over Nyssa’s Brady
Cooper, 6-3, 6-4.
On the girls side, Baker’s No.
1 doubles team of Maya Smith
and Olivia Jacoby rebounded
from a second set loss to beat
Laney Hartley and Malory
Long, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.
Other boys results:
Singles
Danny Cunningham lost
to Dawson Richards, 7-6 (7-
5), 6-4
Caleb Hills lost to Seth Bal-
lantyne, 6-4, 6-1
Doubles
Ethan Hills and Jayden
Yencopal lost to Howard
Rushton and Spencer Ro-
mans, 6-4, 6-4
Anthony Christopher and
Weston Downing lost to Sebas-
tian Berry and Porter Carlton,
6-2, 6-3
Girls singles
Sarah Plummer lost to Mary
Esplin, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
Campbell Vanderwiele lost
to Brenna Kesler, 6-3, 6-3
Girls doubles
Tristen Tritt and Riley Shaw
lost to London Hartley and
Belle Wagstaff, 6-2, 6-2
Daphne Thomas and Ruby
Shaw lost to Courtney Carl-
ton and Oyuky Amezquita,
6-1, 6-2
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Connor Chastain at bat against Ontario on April 15, 2022, at the Baker Sports Complex.
the game. Logsdon stole sec-
ond and third, and scored on a
passed ball.
Chastain scored Baker’s
second run on Logan Capon’s
groundout.
Two runs were more than
enough for the Bulldogs with
pitcher Silas Carter stifling the
Tigers from the start.
Carter, who had a no-hitter
broken up by a single in the last
inning, allowed just one hit and
one walk, striking out 10 in a
six-inning complete game win.
Baker added three runs in
the top of the third, and this
time the Bulldogs used hits to
add to their lead.
Capon and Carter each had
RBI singles.
Baker extended its lead to
6-0 with a run in the fourth.
After a scoreless fifth inning,
Baker unleashed an offensive
onslaught in the top of the
sixth that resulted in 14 runs, a
single-inning season high for
the Bulldogs.
Twenty Baker batters came
to the plate during the inning,
which featured seven hit bat-
ters, five Baker hits, three walks
and two errors.
Logsdon finished the game
2 for 3 with four RBIs, Capon
was 1 for 3 with three RBIs, and
Carter and Cole Hester had
two RBIs each.
Smith said he was a bit dis-
appointed with Baker’s hitting
early in the game.
“We didn’t swing it as well
as we should against average
pitching,” he said, pointing out
that Baker scored both first-in-
ning runs without a hit.
“We didn’t really go out and
earn them,” Smith said. “We
capitalized on their mistakes.”
The second game followed a
similiar script.
Baker again took a 2-0 lead
after the first inning.
And the Bulldogs got an-
other dominating pitching
performance, this time from
Capon, who yielded four hits
and struck out five.
Smith said both Capon and
Carter were “outstanding” on
the mound.
Smith called Baker’s defense
“phenomenal,” as the Bulldogs
had two errors in each game.
Ontario scored its lone run,
unearned, in the bottom of
the third to briefly trim Bak-
er’s lead to 3-1.
But the Bulldogs scored five
runs in the top of the fourth
to take control. And Baker
didn’t need any help from
miscues by Ontario pitchers
or fielders.
Baker had eight straight
hits in the inning, including
an RBI double by Aldo Du-
HOMEDALE, Idaho — The skies were beautiful over Homedale,
Idaho, as the Baker baseball team arrived for a nonleague game on
Wednesday, May 4, but the Trojans weren’t as accommodating.
Homedale played error-free defense and amassed 13 hits in claim-
ing a 13-3 win that ended after five innings due to the 10-run rule.
The first inning seemed to promise a different game, however.
Baker loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the first, but a
groundout left the runners high and dry.
Homedale went scoreless in the first inning as well, but the Trojans
broke through with five runs in the second.
Baker trimmed the lead to 5-3 with three runs in the third. Hudson
Spike drove in Baker’s first run with a single, and Cole Hester had a
two-run double later in the inning.
The Trojans added one run in the bottom of the third, and then
took control with four more runs in the fourth to push the lead to
10-3.
Baker hurt itself with four errors, and although only two miscues
led directly to runs, the mistakes gave Homedale extra opportunities
that the Trojans took advantage of.
Baker had eight hits, with Spike, Connor Chastain and Jaxon Logs-
don getting two each.
Homedale gained a measure of revenge after losing to Baker, 8-6,
on March 30 at the Baker Sports Complex.
— Ian Crawford
ran and a two-run triple from
Logsdon. Hudson Spike’s RBI
single boosted Baker’s lead
to 8-1.
As in the first game, Baker
finished the second with a big
inning. This time the Bulldogs
plated nine runs on seven hits.
Smith said Baker batters
were much more effective in
the latter portions of both
games, waiting on pitches and
driving balls into the gaps.
“From the third inning on
of both games we hit the ball
well,” he said.
Baker finished with 17 hits
in the second game. Duran
was 2 for 4 with four RBIs.
Cody Skidgel, Capon and
Logsdon had two RBIs each.
Baker will host a playoff
game on May 21, the oppo-
nent to be determined.
GAME ONE
Baker 2 0 3 1 0 14 — 20
Ontario 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Carter and Logsdon. Beces-
sil, Martinez (6), Bervelos (6),
Ramirez (6) and Cole.
GAME TWO
Baker 2 1 0 5 9 — 17
Ontario 0 0 1 0 0 — 1
Capon and Logsdon, Smith-
son (5). Cole, Ramirez (5) and
Calderon.
Smith said Baker can in-
crease its seeding position
“quite a bit” by winning at
least one game at La Grande
on May 13. The higher Baker’s
seed, the lower rated its play-
off opponent will be.
BAKER SOFTBALL AT ONTARIO
Baker drops two games at Ontario
The Bulldogs had 10 hits
to Ontario’s five in the sec-
ond game.
“We had our opportuni-
ties for more runs,” Gulick
said.
After Ontario took a
6-2 lead after five innings,
Baker scored single runs in
the sixth and seventh, but
stranded multiple runners
in each inning.
Kiley Jo Aldrich, Rayl,
Kaycee Cuzick, Kaci An-
BY IAN CRAWFORD
icrawford@bakercityherald.com
Baker’s softball team re-
bounded from a tough loss
in the first game to take the
lead in the second game of
a doubleheader at Ontario
on Thursday, May 5, but the
Bulldogs couldn’t keep up
with the Tigers and lost 7-5.
Ontario dominated the
first game, 16-1 in four in-
nings.
“Errors extended innings
and Ontario hitters pun-
ished us hard,” Baker coach
Sonny Gulick said. “In the
field we didn’t help our-
selves out.”
Baker committed six er-
rors in the first game, and
nine in the second.
Game one was an uphill
battle, with Ontario ahead
nearly from the start.
After the Tigers scored
two runs with one out,
Baker rightfielder Lexi
Rupel made a great play to
limit the damage.
Rupel caught a fly ball in
right field and fired the ball
to catcher Kaci Anderson,
who tagged out an Ontario
runner who tagged up at
third.
The Bulldogs couldn’t
get much going on offense,
though, against Ontario
pitcher Belle Naverrete.
Ashlyn Dalton doubled in
the third to drive in Te’ygan
Coley for Baker’s lone run.
It was also Baker’s only hit.
Baker showed its resolve
in the second game, taking a
2-0 lead after a half inning.
Baker scored both runs with
two outs, taking advantage
derson and Dalton each
reached base at least twice
in the second game.
Baker, which dropped to
2-8 in the Greater Oregon
League and 8-10 overall,
will play nonleague games
at Nyssa on Monday, May
9, and at Grant Union on
Tuesday, May 10, before fin-
ishing its league schedule
at La Grande for a double-
header starting at 2 p.m. on
Friday, May 13.
Ian Crawford/Baker City Herald
Te’ygan Coley makes a play at first base on April 15, 2022.
of an Ontario error for one
run, and Makayla Rabourne
stealing home for the other.
Ontario got a run back
in the bottom of the first,
but Baker struck again in
the top of the third when
Kaci Anderson doubled to
score Brooklyn Rayl and
give Baker a 3-1 lead.
“I was proud of the ap-
proach we had in the sec-
ond game,” Gulick said.
“We cut down on strike-
outs and did a much better
job making Ontario make
plays.”
Baker struck out nine
times in the first game, but
just five times in the second.
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