Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 10,2006 - THREE
Mustangs drop two to Bulldogs
Mustangs sweep Tigerscots
By Rick Paullus
By Rick Paullus
T he
H ep p n er
Mustang baseball team had
a 5-1 lead in the first game
and a 7-2 lead in the second,
but couldn’t hang on as the
H erm iston B ulldog JV s
came back to win 7-5 in the
first and 12-8 in the second
on Friday, May 5 in non
league games in Heppner.
The Mustangs, now 7 and 2
in the CBC and 8 and 9
overall, will host Pilot Rock
on Friday, May 12 at 1 p.m.,
for a key doubleheader to
end the regular season.
The Bulldogs scored
first in the top of the second
inning in the opener, but the
M ustangs responded with
five runs in the bottom half.
A ndre R auch dou b led ,
Robbie Smith walked, Dan
Basile had an RBI single,
Nathan Kennedy singled,
Tony Bolin reached on an
error to bring home a run,
Colton Hanson had an RBI
double, Quinn Peck had an
RBI double and Bolin scored
on a wild pitch.
T hat w as all the
offense they could muster
though as the Bulldogs came
back to tie it in the fourth and
took the lead in the sixth to
take the win.
Basile and Peck each
went two for three and Bolin
went two for four.
In the second game,
the Bulldogs again took an
early lead with a run in the
first, but the Mustangs tied
it in the bottom half when
Bolin led off with a single,
stole second, went to third
on a passed ball and scored
on an error.
H erm iston scored
another run in the top of the
second, but back came the
Mustangs in the bottom half
when Kennedy reached on a
fielder’s choice, Cody Hollis
singled, Bolin was hit by a
pitch and Hanson scored two
with a single.
In the third. Smith
was hit by a pitch, Basile
doubled, Kennedy scored
Taking advantage of
both with a single, Hollis
18 walks, eight hit batters
walked, Bolin was hit by a
and combining that with 20
pitch and Peck scored two
hits, the Heppner Mustang
with a double to make it 7-
baseball team sw ept the
2 .
Weston-McEwen Tigerscots
The Bulldogs scored
11-2 and 18-1 on Saturday,
three in the fourth, but the
A pril 29 in A thena in
M ustangs answ ered with
Columbia Basin Conference
one in the bottom half when
play. The Mustangs, 6-2 in
w ith two outs, K ennedy
the CBC and 8-8 overall, will
sin g led and e v en tu a lly
host the Hermiston JV team
scored when Hanson walked
in
a
n o n -leag u e
with the bases loaded to
doubleheader on Friday,
make it 8-5.
May 5 at noon before getting
The Bulldogs came
back into league play at
back with six runs in the sixth
Stanfield on Tuesday, May 9
and one in the seventh to
at 4:30 p.m.
take the win.
The first game was a
The M ustangs out
p itc h e r’s duel until the
hit the Bulldogs 11 -9 for the
second inning as the
game, but committed seven
Mustangs took a 1 -0 lead in
errors on defense.
the first when Tony Bolin
Kenny was two for
singled, stole second, went
five w ith tw o RBI and
to th ird as Q uinn Peck
scored twice. Hanson had
g ro u n d ed out and cam e
three RBI, Peck had two
home on a passed ball.
RBI, Bolin and Hollis each
It stayed that way
scored two runs and Rauch
until the fifth, when Cody
went two for four.
H o llis d o u b led , B olin
Game One
reached on an error to score
Hermiston 012 202
Hollis and later scored on an
0-
7 8 1
error.
Heppner 050 000 0-
The Tigerscots got
592
to within 3-2 going into the
Baldock and Holt;
seventh when the Mustangs
Quinn Peck, Tony Bolin (6)
broke the game open. Bolin
and R obbie Sm ith. W-
was hit by a pitch, Peck
B aldock. L- B olin. 2B-
walked, Nacho Elguezabal
K opacz,
E dw ards
was hit by a pitch, Bolin
(H e rm isto n );
C olton
scored on a wild pitch, then
Hanson, Peck, Andre Rauch
R obbie Sm ith b lasted a
(Heppner). 3B- none. HR-
three-run homerun to left
none.
center to make it 7-2. They
Game Two
weren't done there though as
Hermiston 110 306
Nathan Kennedy singled,
1-
1293
Dan Basile reached on an
Heppner 124 100 0-
error, Hollis walked, Bolin
8 117
scored two with a single,
Pollick, Kopacz (4)
C o lto n H anson w alked.
and Baldock; Kyle Carlson,
Peck walked to force in a run
N athan K ennedy (7) and
and Bolin came home on a
Sm ith. W- K opacz. L-
wild pitch.
C arlso n . 2B- P o llick
Peck w ent the
(H erm isto n ); Peck, Dan
distance on the mound to
Basile (Heppner). 3B- none.
pick up the win, throwing
HR- M orris and Pollick
just 75 pitches, striking out
(Hermiston).
five and allo w in g zero
earned runs.
Bolin went two for
four, scoring four runs and
driving in two. Basile went
two fro four, Hollis went one
for three and scored twice
and Smith went one for three
with a homerun and three
RBI.
The Tigerscots took
a 1-0 lead after one in the
second gam e, but the
Mustangs came back with
four in the top of the second
and w ouldn’t look back.
Smith, Basile and Kennedy
all walked and Bolin scored
two with a two-out single.
Hanson was hit by a pitch,
Peck forced in a run with a
walk and a balk brought
home another.
T hey added tw o
more in the fourth when
Bolin was hit by a pitch,
Hanson and Peck singled,
Elguezabal walked to force
in a run and with two out,
Basile walked to force in
another run.
ELIZABETH
BALLARD
fo r
MORROW COUNTV
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
“She works fo r us.”
The Mustangs broke
it open in the fifth, scoring
12 runs on eight hits, five
walks and a hit batter as they
sent 17 batters to the plate.
Hollis, Bolin and Hanson
walked. Peck had an RBI
single, Elguezabal forced in
a run with a walk and Andre
Rauch scored two with a
single. Ben McCarl singled,
Kennedy force in a run with
a walk, Hollis was hit by a
pitch to force in a run, Bolin
scored two with a single,
Hanson singled, Peck scored
tw o m ore w ith a single,
Hanson singled. Peck scored
two more with a single and
Ju stin A rcher score two
more with a single.
Peck was four for
four w ith three RBI and
scored three times. Bolin
went two for two with four
RBI and scored four times.
Hanson was two for three,
scoring twice. Rauch and
Archer each had two RBI
and Kennedy and Hollis each
scored twice.
R auch w ent four
innings striking out seven,
walking two and giving up
just one hit.
Game One
Heppner 100 020 8-
11 9 4
W eston M cE w en
000 011 0-2 8 2
Q uinn Peck and
Robbie Smith; Greenwalt,
Fairbanks (7), Webb (7) and
J. Schroder. W- Peck. L-
Greenwalt. 2B- Cody Hollis
(H). 3B- none. HR- Smith
(H).
Game Two
Heppner 040 2( 12)-
18 11 0
W esto n -M c E w en
100 00-1 1 2
Andre Rauch, Tony
B olin (5) and Sm ith; D.
Schroeder, Webb (4), Drake
(5), Fairbanks (5) and Webb,
Kelty (4). W- Rauch. L- D.
Schroeder. 2B- none. 3B-
none. HR- none.
Over the Tee
Cup
S ev en teen ladies
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C reek C ountry C lub for
ladies’ play.
Corol Mitchell and
Pat Edmundson took low
gross of the field. Lorrene
M ontgomery and Bernice
Lott took low net of the
field. Least putts of the field
went to Karen Bishop.
In flight A, Mitchell
took long driv e and
Edmundson took K.P.
In flight B, Betty
Christman took low gross;
L ois H unt and Ju an ita
M artin took low net; and
L u v illa Sonstegard took
least putts.
In flight C, Joanne
B arbee took low g ro ss;
B etty C arlso n and Pat
D ougherty took low net;
Suzanne Jepsen took least
putts; and Lott took long
drive.
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Mustangs blank Vikings
#15 Senior Dan Basile hits a three-run homerun.
Photo by Phil
Carlson.
#22 Sophomore Andre Rauch pitches.
Photo by Phil Carlson.
#4 Junior Cody Hollis catches a pop-fly in center field.
Photo by
Phil Carlson.
By Rick Paullus
Seven good innings
on the mound by sophomore
Andre Rauch and one good
inning of offense helped the
Heppner Mustangs baseball
team shutout the visiting
U m atilla V ikings 5-0 on
Tuesday, May 2 in Columbia
Basin Conference play. The
M ustangs, 7 and 2 in the
CBC and 9 and 8 overall,
have a key doubleheader at
home against the Pilot Rock
Rockets on Friday, May 12
at 1 p.m., before entering
district tournament play.
The Vikings' Marc
E strad a had kept the
Mustangs in check through
four innings before their bats
finally woke up in the fifth.
Nathan Kennedy led off with
a sin g le, K yle C arlson
reached on an infield single
and Ben McCarl was hit by
a pitch to load the bases.
Tony Bolin reached on an
error to score Kennedy and
Colton Hanson laid down a
p e rfe ct sq u eeze bunt to
score Carlson before Dan
Basile blasted a three-run
homerun to center field to
make it 5-0.
Rauch took care of
the rest as he finished with
four strikeouts, one walk and
allowed just two hits for the
complete game win.
Kennedy went two
for three, Basile was one for
three with three RBI and
Bolin went one for three
with a double.
Umatilla 000 000 0-
02 1
Heppner 000 050 x-
56 1
E strad a
and
Creason; Andre Rauch and
Robbie Smith. W- Rauch. L-
Estrada. 2B-Tony Bolin (H).
3B- none. HR- Dan Basile
(H).
Mustang JVs lose at Hermiston
By Rick Paullus
The
H ep p n er
Mustang JV baseball team
took one on the chin as they
lost to the Hermiston Frosh
12-2 in five in n in g s on
M onday,
M ay
1 in
Hermiston. The Mustangs,
now 5 and 4 on the year, will
be at home against Umatilla
on Thursday, May 4 and will
finish out the year at the
P endleton
Frosh
on
Thursday, May 11 at 4 p.m.
The
M ustangs
trailed 5-0 b efo re they
scored their only two runs in
the top of the third when
Sam King singled with two
out, Ben McCarl walked,
both runners moved up on a
throwing error and Nacho
E lg u ezab al drove them
home with a single.
The M ustangs had
the bases loaded in the fifth,
but couldn’t come up with
the key hit when they needed
it.
Justin Archer went
two for three to get the
Mustangs other two hits as
they could muster just four
hits for the game.
Heppner 002 00-2 4
7
Hermiston 321 42-
12 102
Josh Shank, Dalton
Wellman (5) and Wellman,
Sean Murray (5); Humphrey,
Fischer (5) and Rosales. W-
Humphrey. L- Shank. 2B-
Boylen, Garcia (Hermiston).
3B- none. HR- none.
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