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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 19,2004 • SEVEN Mustangs split with Vikings Mustangs beat Tigerscots to By Rick Paullus N airns went three A fter picking up for three with a triple and clinch first their 21“ win of the season, by a 10-1 score, the Heppner M ustangs dropped the second gam e of a doubleheader 4-2 to the U m atilla Vikings to give them their first and only win of the season at Umatilla on Saturday, May 15 to wrap up the re g u la r season o f Columbia Basin Conference play. The M ustangs, number one seed in the CBC E ast, w ill take on the number one seed in the CBC West, the Sherman County Huskies, at The Dalles on Saturday, May 22, at noon, for the number one seed into the State 2A Championships. The Mustangs (10-2 in the CBC, 21-2-1 overall) took a 1-0 lead in the first game in the second inning when Kiel Nairns singled and eventually scored on a L uke M urray fie ld e r’s choice. They broke the game open in the fourth when Naims and Murray singled, Kyler Lovgren was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Nick Christman hit a grand slam homerun, Chuy Elguezabal doubled, Josh Gutierrez had a RBI double and K ory Paullus had a RBI double to make it 7-0. They added another in the fifth when Christman singled and scored on a Jode C oil sin g le. A fter the Vikings scored a run in the bottom half, the Mustangs added tw o m ore in the seventh when C hristm an d o u b led , E lguezabal w alked, C hristm an came home on an error and Dan B asile hit a RBI bloop double to make it 10-1. E lg u ezab al w ent five innings to pick up the win, giving up just two hits and one unearned run, while strik in g out eight. Kyle Carlson went the final two innings in relief, striking out three and giving up one hit. scored tw ice. C hristm an went three for four with four R B I, a d o u b le and a homerun and scored twice. Gutierrez went two for three with a double. Elguezabal went two for four with a double and scored twice and Paullus went two for four with a double. The Vikings struck first in the second game, getting a two-out, two-run homerun in the bottom of the first, but the Mustangs came back with a run in the third to cut the lead to 2-1. The M ustangs tied in the fo urth on a solo homerun by Naims, but the Vikings scored two in the fifth and alth o u g h the Mustangs had base runners they couldn’t get them home and took the loss. Naims was two for four with a double and a homerun. Billy Gates and Christman were each two for three. It marked the first action for Gates this year, who is coming off shoulder surgery. H epp n er 10, Umatilla 1 Heppner 010 610 2- 10 15 2 Umatilla 000 010 0- 1 3 1 Chuy E lguezabal, Kyle Carlson (6) and Jode Coil; Giz Aguillar and Steve Wilson. W- Elguezabal. L- Aguillar. 2B- Elguezabal, Josh G u tierrez, Kory Paullus, N ick C hristm an (H). 3B- Kiel Nairns (H). HR- Christman (H). Umatilla 4, Heppner 2 10 1 The H eppner M ustang b aseb all team scored in every inning to beat the visiting Weston- McEwen Tigerscots 8-2 on Tuesday, May 11 to clinch first place in the Columbia B asin C o n feren ce E ast Division. The Mustangs, 10- 1 in the CBC and 20-1-1 o v erall, w ill face the Sherman County Huskies at The D alles at noon on Saturday, May 22 for the CBC championship and the number one seed going into the state playoffs. After giving up a run in the top of the first, the Mustangs came back with two in the bottom half to take the lead for good. Chuy Elguezabal led off with a w alk. T hen, Jode C oil singled, Josh Gutierrez had a sacrificed bunt that scored Elguezabal from second and Kory Paullus beat out an infield single to score Coil. Kyler Lovgren hit a solo homerun in the second to make it 3-1. In the th ird , Kiel Naims reached on a fielder’s choice and eventually scored on a Luke Murray single. They added two more in the fourth when Nick Christman and Cody Walton singled, Christman scored on an error by the catcher and Coil had a RBI single to make it 6-1. 462 Josh Gutierrez, Nick C hristm an (6) and Jode C o il; M arc E strad a and W ilson. W- E strada. L- Gutierrez. 2B- Naims (H); Fig, Estrada (U). 3B- none. HR- Nairns (H) and Paul Madson (U). DINNER SPECIALS COMING UP AT JOH N ’S PLACE GERMAN BUFFET on S a tu rd a y , M ay 22 Watch for weekly specials at John’s Place & Bucknum’s Tavern! JO HN'S PLACE MAIN STREET, HEPPNER Get Your I Propane Appliances Serviced Now! Gas Stoves Gas Heaters I: Hot Water Heaters We Repair And Maintain Your Propane Appliances. Call MCGG Now : To Schedule An Appointment! m . c .8.8. ; Morrow CoontylGrain Growers« LEXINGTON, OREGON 1-800-452-73% • 989-8221 www.mcRR.net The H eppner Mustang JV baseball team split their last two games of the season w ith the Riverside Pirates, dropping their game 6-5 before talcing the n ig h tcap 8-3 on T hursday, M ay 13 at Boardman. The M ustangs finished the year with a 10 and 5 record. The team consisted of sophomores, Kyle Carlson, Dan Basile, Sloan Keithley and Riley Wight and freshmen, Quinn Peck, C olton H anson, R obbie Sm ith, K ody Lovgren, Travis Eubanks and Cody Hollis. Coaches were Rick Paullus and Jim Kindle. The Mustangs took a 1-0 lead in the first when Cody Hollis reached on an error, Quinn Peck singled and Dan Basile had a RBI single. The Pirates came back with two runs in the bottom half, but the Mustangs scored a run in the fourth to tie it at 2-2 when Kyle Carlson doubled and scored on a Kody Lovgren groundout. T hey cam e back with three more in the fifth when H ollis and C olton H anson sin g led , Peck reached on an error, Basile had a RBI single and Sloan Keithley scored two more with a single. The Pirates scored three in the bottom half on two errors to tie it, and then scored a run in the bottom of the seventh to take the win. Basile was four for four with two RBI. Keithley had tw o RBI and H ollis scored twice. In the second game, the Mustangs took a 2-0 lead in the first when B asile singled, Carlson had a RBI double and Keithley had a RBI single. The P irates cam e back w ith a run in the bottom half, but the 42nd ANNUAL AUCTION & BARBECUE In the fifth, Murray had a tw o -o u t sin g le, L ovgren sin g led and Christman had a RBI single. In the six th , Elguezabal walked, Kyle Carlson had a sacrifice bunt and G u tierrez b unted E lguezabal hom e from second base again to make it 8-1. The T ig ersco ts added an unearned run in the seventh to make the final 8- Faith, Fun & Fellow ship! S aturday, June 5th W illows Grange Hall, lone, OR Country Store & A ntiques 1 0 AM 2 . Christman went five innings giving up three hits, while striking out three to get the win, with Gutierrez going two innings in relief giving up one hit w hile striking out two. Walton went two for two. Lovgren went two for three with a homerun and two RBI. Murray, Coil and Christman each went two for three. Gutierrez had two RBI and Elguezabal scored twice as the Mustangs out hit the Tigerscots 14-4. W esto n -M c E w en 100 00 1-2 4 2 Heppner 211 211 x- 8 14 2 D uke, Sheard (6) and G reen w alt; N ick Christman, Josh Gutierrez (6) and Jode Coil, Chuy E lg u ezab al (5). W- Christman. L- Duke. 2B- none. 3B- none. HR- Kyler Lovgren (H). Mustang JVs split with Pirates Heppner 001 100 0- By Rick Paullus Umatilla 200 020 x- tone United Church of Christ By Rick Paullus Mustangs broke the game open in the second when R obbie Sm ith d o u b led , H o llis w alk ed , H anson sacrifice bunted them to second, Peck walked, Basile scored two with a single, Carlson scored two with a single and Keithley had a RBI single to make it 7-1, It was 7-2 in the sixth when the M ustangs scored their final run when Peck walked, Riley Wight singled and Basile had a RBI single. The Pirates scored a run in the bottom half of the sixth and the gam e was c alled on acco u n t o f darkness. Carlson went three innings, allowing one run on two hits, while striking out four. Basile went the final three innings allowing two runs on one h it, w hile striking out five, Basile went three for four with three RBI and scored twice. Carlson went two for three with a double, three RBI and scored twice. 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