Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 4,2005 - THREE
Mustang softball team takes Mustang JVs sweep Vikings
Mustangs lose to Rockets
B Rick Paullus
By Rick Paullus
two in Umatilla doubleheader
Despite hitting three the sixth on solo homeruns
The
H eppner
The Vikings added
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Taylor Kcmpas beats Umatilla's second baseman. Photo by Sandy
Matthews
The Heppner Mustang girls’ softball team played
against Umatilla on Saturday, April 30. Whitney Matthews
took the win in the first game, with Heppner taking a 19-9
win Megan Orr pitched a no hitter in the same game,
shutting out Umatilla, 14-0.
Mustang JVs pound Rockets
B y Rick Paullus
The
H eppner
Mustang JV baseball team
pounded out 16 hits, seven
o f them for extra bases, as
they beat the visiting Pilot
Rock Rockets 17-6 in five
innings as it was shortened
by the 10-run rule on
Thursday, April 28 They
Mustangs, now 9-0 on the
year, will be at home on
M onday, May 9 for a
doubleheader with Riverside
beginning at 3:30 p.m
The Rockets scored
two runs in the top o f the
first, but the Mustangs came
back with eight runs in the
bottom half after there were
two out and no one on base.
Andre Rauch singled, Nacho
Elguezabal walked, Robbie
Smith was hit by a pitch,
Rauch scored on a wild
pitch, Colton Hanson scored
tw o w ith a single, Ben
McCarl, Kody Lovgren and
Justin A rcher w alked to
force in another run Nathan
Kennedy scored two with a
single and Sean M urray
scored tw o more with a
single
The Rockets scored
another run in the second,
but the Mustangs answered
as McCarl was hit by a pitch
and scored on a Lovgren
double
The Mustangs added
three more in the third as
Rauch doubled, Elguezabal
w aked and both runners
moved up on a passed ball
Smith hit a sac fly to score
Rauch, Hanson had an RBI
single, McCarl singled and
Lovgren scored a run on a
fielder’s choice
They put the game
aw ay in the fo u rth as
Kennedy doubled, Rauch
had an RBI double,
Elguezabal had an RBI triple
and came home as the throw
to third bounced over the
fence Smith singled and
came around to score on a
R icky M artin single,
Lovgren doubled and scored
on an Archer single to make
it 17-4.
The Rockets scored
two runs in the fifth and had
the bases loaded with one
out but Hollis came on in
relief and got two outs to end
the game
Kennedy went three
innings giving up four hits
and three earned runs to pick
up the win
Rauch went three for
three scoring three runs.
Hanson went two for four
with three RBI and scored
twice. Lovgren and Archer
each went two for three with
two RBI Kennedy went two
for five with two RBI and
scored twice Murray had
two RBI, Elguezabal scored
th re e runs, Sm ith and
McCarl each scored twice
and Martin went one for one
with an RBI.
Ten o f the 11
Mustangs that played had at
least one hit.
Pilot Rock 211 02-6
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Heppner 813 5x-17
162
Hall, Wart (1) and
Low (4) and Woods; Nathan
Kennedy, Andre Rauch (4),
Cody Hollis (5) and Robbie
Smith W- Kennedy. L- Hall
2B- Christensen, Low (PR);
Rauch 2, Kody Lovgren 2,
Kennedy, Sean Murray (H).
3B- Nacho Elguezabal (H).
HR- none
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Mustang JV baseball team
took advantage o f 17 walks
to sw eep the visiting
Umatilla Vikings 13-3 in five
innings and 20-7 in three and
one half innings on Monday,
April 25. The M ustangs,
now 8-0 on the year, will be
at home for a doubleheader
with Riverside beginning at
3:30 p m on Monday, May
9
The M ustangs got
on the board early with three
runs in the bottom of the first
when Cody Hollis walked,
stole second, went to third
on a wild pitch and scored
on an Andre Rauch sac fly.
N acho E lguezabal and
Robbie Smith singled and
both scored on a Colton
Hanson double
They added five
more in the second when
Kody Lovgren and Nathan
K ennedy w alked, H ollis
reached on a sacrifice bunt
that scored Lovgren and
Rauch had an RBI single
Smith and Hanson walked
and three more scored on
wild pitches and passed balls
The Vikings came
back with three runs in the
top o f the third, but the
Mustangs answered in the
b ottom h a lf as Lovgren
walked and was sacrificed to
second by Sean Murray.
Kennedy and Hollis walked
to load the base and Justin
Archer walked to force in a
run. Smith scored two with
a single and another run
scored on a passed ball to
make it 11-3.
The Mustangs added
two more in'the fourth when
Lovgren reached on an error,
Ricky Martin walked, one
run scored as K ennedy
reached on an erro r and
another scored as Hollis
grounded out
Rauch w ent four
innings to pick up the win,
strik in g out nine and
allow ing tw o hits, w ith
Kennedy pitching a scoreless
fifth, striking out two.
Smith went two for
tw o with three RBI and
scoring twice Hollis had
four RBI and scored three
times Hanson was one for
one with a double and two
RBI, Rauch had two RBI,
Lovgren scored three times
and Kennedy scored two
runs
In the night cap, the
Vikings scored three runs in
the top o f the first, but the
Mustangs came back with
eight runs of their own in the
bottom half Kennedy and
Hollis singled, Matt McCabe
w as hit by a pitch and
Elguezabal walked to force
in a run Smith cleared the
bases with a double. Archer
walked, Murray had an RBI
single, Martin walked and
Kennedy walked to force in
a run McCabe walked with
two out to force in another
run and Elguezabal was hit
by a pitch to bring in another
run.
They added tw o
more in the second when
Archer walked, stole second
and scored on a double by
M urray, who scored as
K ennedy reached on an
error
another run in the third, but
the Mustangs exploded with
10 runs in the bottom half to
put the game away McCabe
reached on an error,
E lg u ezab al singled and
Rauch scored them with a
double. Rauch scored as
Archer reached on an error,
Murray reached on an error,
Martin had an RBI single,
Lovgren had an RBI single,
Ben M cC arl w alked,
McCabe had an RBI single
and Elguezabal hit a grand
slam home run to centerfield
to make it 20-4.
The Vikings scored
three runs in the fourth, but
it wasn’t nearly enough and
the gam e was called on
account o f darkness
McCabe went three
plus innings to pick up the
win, with Kennedy pitching
the fourth in relief
Elguezabal went two
for two with six RBI and
scored three times. Murray
went two for three with three
RBI and scored three times
Smith had th re e RBI,
McCabe scored three times
and had two RBI, Rauch and
Kennedy each had two RBI,
Martin was one for one and
scored twice, Lovgren went
one for one with an RBI and
Archer scored three runs and
had an RBI
N ine o f the 12
Mustangs that played had at
least one hit as they had 11
hits as a team
H eppner
13,
Umatilla 3
Umatilla 003 00-3 2
2
Heppner 353 2x-13
5 0
Evans, Kenny (4)
and McLure; Andre Rauch,
N athan Kennedy (5) and
Robbie Smith W- Rauch L-
Evans 2B- Colton Hanson
(H). 3B- none HR- Young
(U).
H eppner
20,
Umatilla 7
Umatilla 301 3-7 4 4
Heppner 82(10) x-
20 11 2
Young, Kenny (1),
Delapez (3) and Delapez,
Kenny (3); Matt McCabe,
Kennedy (4) and Robbie
Sm ith, M cC abe (4). W-
M cCabe L- Young. 2 8 -
Smith, Rauch, Sean Murray
(H). 3B- none HR- Nacho
Elguezabal (H).
Babe Ruth
baseball
signups being
held
Babe Ruth baseball
signups have begun Those,
ages 13-15, interested in the
program should co n tact
Rick Johnston by Friday,
May 6 to participate The
program will run from the
end o f May to the first of
July. Jo h n sto n can be
reached at 676-5562.
Birth
Adrian
Lucas
Cordova- a son, Adrian
Lucas, was born April 23,
2005 at G ood Shepherd
Medical Center in Hermiston
to Rebecca and Cameron
Cordova o f Irrigon
home runs, the H eppner
M ustangs baseball team
couldn’t get their bats going
as they lost to the visiting
Pilot Rock Rockets 5-3 on
T uesday, A pril 26 in
Columbia Basin Conference
play. The Mustangs fell to 3
and 3 in the CBC and 10 and
5 overall They will play the
H erm iston JV in a n on
league d o u b leh ead er on
Thursday, May 5 at 3 p.m.
and will get back into CBC
play w ith a hom e gam e
against Stanfield on Tuesday,
May 19 at 4:30 p.m
The Rockets took a
2-0 lead in the top of the first
and increased it to 4-0 in the
fourth before the Mustangs
got on the board with a
homerun by Kory Paullus.
T he
M ustangs
narrowed the game to 4-3 in
by Josh G u tierrez and
Paullus, but couldn’t get any
c lo ser and th e R ockets
added an insurance run in the
seventh to make the final 5-
3.
Paullus went two for
three with the two homeruns
and Gutierrez went three for
three as they accounted for
all the Mustangs hits for the
game
Pilot Rock 200 200
1-5 6 0
Heppner 000 102 0-
3 4 1
Murry, Rinehart (6)
and Perrine; Jode Coil, Josh
G utierrez (5) and Quinn
Peck W- Murry. L- Coil.
2B- K rosting, N orquist
(PR). 3B- none HR-
Humphreys, Perrine (PR);
Kory Paullus 2 and Gutierrez
(H)
Mustangs rout Tigerscots for
for four with five RBI and
sweep
By Rick Paullus
The
H eppner
M u stan g baseball team
turned offensive in a 15-1,
10-0 rout o f the visiting
Weston-McEwen Tigerscots
on Saturday, April 30 in
Columbia Basin Conference
action. With the sweep, the
Mustangs improved to 5-3 in
the CBC and 12-5 overall
They will be at home for a
non-league doubleheader
against the Hermiston JV
before returning to CBC play
for a single game at home
against Stanfield on Tuesday,
May 10 at 4:30 p.m.
The M ustangs got
on the board early in the first
game scoring a run in the
bottom o f the first when
Jode Coil reached on an
error, sto le second and
scored on a Kory Paullus
single.
They added six more
in the second when Dan
B asile singled and was
moved to second on a Matt
M cC abe bunt
Sloan
K eithley w alked, Kyle
Carlson had an RBI single
and Coil hit a three-run home
run to right-centerfield Nick
Christman walked, Paullus
reached on an error, Quinn
Peck walked and two runs
scored as Basile reached on
a fielder’s choice
The
T ig ersco ts
scored their lone run o f the
day in the top o f third but the
Mustangs came back with
two in the bottom half when
C arlson singled, Josh
G u tierrez doubled and
Paullus scored both with a
single to make it 9-1
The M ustangs put
the game away in the fourth
w hen C o lto n H anson
walked, M att Kenny and
Coil singled, G u tierrez
scored two with a single,
C hristm an had an RBI
single, Paullus scored two
more with a double, Peck
walked, Basile singled and
an o th er run scored as
Hanson reached on an error
to make it 15-1
Gutierrez picked up
the win striking out five and
allow ing no hits w ith
Christman pitching the fifth
inning in relief to complete
the no-hitter
Paullus went three
scoring twice Coil went two
for four with three RBI, a
homerun and scored three
runs. Basile went two for
four with two RBI. Carlson
went two for two scoring
twice, G utierrez had two
RBI and scored tw ice,
Christman went one for two
with two runs scored and
Peck went one for one
The
M ustangs
continued th eir scoring
onslaught with seven runs in
the bottom o f the first in the
second game without getting
a hit. Coil was hit by a pitch,
Gutierrez, Christman and
Paullus walked to force in a
run. Peck scored a run on a
fielder’s choice, two more
scored when Basile reached
on a fie ld e r’s choice,
M cC abe w alked, B asile
scored w hen C arlson
reached on an error who
scored when Coil reached on
an error.
It stayed that way
until the fifth when with two
o u ts
G u tierrez
and
C hristm an singled and
Paullus ended the game with
a home run.
Coil w ent four
innings striking out six and
allowing three hits to pick up
the win with Christman again
pitching the fifth inning in
relief.
Paullus had four RBI
and scored twice, Christman
went one for one and scored
twice, Gutierrez went one
for two and scored twice and
Coil went one for three
Heppner 15, Weston-
McEwen 1
Weston-McEwen 001
00-1 0 4
Heppner 162 6x-15 13
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Duke,
Story
(3),
Schroeder (4) and Kelty; Josh
Gutierrez. Nick Christman (5)
and Quinn Peck. Robbie Smith
(5). W- Gutierrez L- Duke 2B-
Gutierrez. Kory Paullus (H). 3B-
none HR- Jode Coil (H)
Heppner 10, Weston-
McEwen 0
Weston-McEwen 000
00-0 3 4
Heppner 700 03-10 4 2
Schroeder. Greenwalt
(4) and Kelty: Coil. Christman
(5) and Peck W- Coil. L-
Schrocder 2B- none 3B- none
HR- Paullus (H).
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