Yankees dominate Babe Ruth
week three
Darby Spivey puts one in play.
-Photo by Brian Bunch
Dylan Sherrer hits a sin-
gle. -Photo by Brian Bunch
Charlie Mullins hits an RBI
single. -Photo by Brian Bunch
By Brian Bunch
The Heppner Hodgen
Distribution Yankees (4-1)
find themselves at the top of
the league after dominating
wins over the Pilot Rock
Byrnes Oil Mariners (4-1-
1) and the Thompson RV
Cubs (3-2) in week three of
the Babe Ruth season.
The Yankees played
host to the Mariners at Bob
White Field in Pendleton
on Monday, April 28. Matt
Wilson got the start on the
mound for the Yankees,
going 3.1 innings, allow-
ing three runs (one earned)
on two hits with one walk
while striking out five.
The Yankee offense
would stay quiet until the
bottom of the third inning,
when the Mariners would
see their 2-0 lead disappear
in an instant with a Darby
Spivey double that scored
Kord Dickenson and Matt.
Darby would go on to
score when Brody Ogden
reached base on an error to
give the Yankees their first
lead of the game.
The Mariners would
tie it up after a lead-off
hit-by-pitch scored on an
RBI-single in the top of the
fourth, but that would be
their last glimmer of hope.
Peyton Matheny would
give the Yankees a lead-off
base-runner after getting
on base with an error in the
bottom of the fourth, and
he would steal home for
the go-ahead run to give
the Yankees the lead for the
last time.
Two triples, a single
and an error left the Yan-
kees up 8-3 by the end of
the fourth. Charlie Mullins
closed the game pitching
2.2 innings, allowing one
run on three hits with one
strikeout. Kord led the Yan-
kees with two runs on three
hits, joined by Matt with
two runs on zero hits and
one walk with four stolen
bases.
By the end of the night
the Yankees found them-
selves up 9-4 with a quality
win against one of the top
teams in the league.
On Wednesday, April
30, the Yankees visited the
Cubs at Bob White Field in
Pendleton for a mid-week
match-up. The Yankee’s hot
bats, coupled with defen-
sive struggles for the Cubs,
led to a busy night for Yan-
kee runners. Joel Wilson
got the start on the mound,
pitching 2.1 innings, giving
up one run on one hit with
five walks and earning six
K’s along the way.
With four Yankee runs
scored off two singles and
an error in the top of the
first, the Cubs had a steep
hill to climb from the drop
of the hat. The Cub’s lead-
off batter would reach base
on a Catcher’s Interference
call. He would go on to
score on a wild pitch; how-
ever, it was their only run
in the first three innings.
The Yankees would tack
on two more runs in the
second to make it 6-1, by
way of a Kord RBI that
scored Mason Haugen and a
Joel RBI-double that would
score Darby after he got on
base with a triple.
With the Yankee bats
feasting, the Cubs would
change pitchers after the
second inning, and the Yan-
kees were not ready for the
change. The third inning
was a 1-2-3 strikeout inning
for the Yankee bats.
Through three innings
the Yankees had put up six
runs on five hits, but the
fourth inning would be a
different kind of story; they
would pull away, adding
three runs, on zero hits in
the fourth.
JJ McDaniel singled
to give the Yankees a lead-
off runner in the top of the
fifth, scoring when Peyton
would reach base on an
error. An error put Kord on
base, and Darby would hit
a single to load the bases
for Teddy Bunch. Teddy
hit a bases-clearing double
to center field to put the
Yankees up 13-3.
Two singles and a Josh
Montano double later, and
the Yankees found them-
selves up 16-3 before a dou-
ble play would end the half.
The Cubs needed to
score several runs in the
bottom of the fifth to keep
the game alive, but Yankees
closer, Peyton, would have
none of that as he would sit
them down in order, earn-
ing two strikeouts along
the way. Peyton finished
the game with 2.2 innings
pitched, giving up two runs
on two walks with three
strikeouts.
The Yankees went into
week four hosting the Ki-
wanis Dodgers on Monday,
May 5, at Bob White Field
in Pendleton. They next vis-
it the Coca-Cola Nationals
on Wednesday, May 7, at
Bob White Field at 6 p.m.
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the shutout. The Yankees
played error-free baseball,
while the Dodgers commit-
ted seven errors, contribut-
ing to the lopsided score.
Wednesday’s Offen-
sive Explosion Against
the Nationals
The Yankees continued
their dominance on May
7, defeating the Athena
Coca-Cola Nationals (1-5)
on the road at Bob White
Field 21-5.
They scored consistent-
ly, putting up five runs in
the first, four in the second,
one in the third, six in the
fourth, and five in the fifth,
amassing 12 hits.
Maddex McMasters
led the team hitting with
three hits, two runs and two
RBIs. Matt Wilson led the
team with four runs and one
RBI on two hits with one
strike-out and zero walks,
on four plate appearances.
Yes, you read that right, the
speedy catcher got on base
on a dropped third strike.
Charlie Mullins and
Joel Wilson joined Matt
with two hits a piece, Char-
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lie adding two runs and two
RBIs with Joel adding three
runs and one RBI.
On the mound Mad-
dex got the start and the
win, pitching 2.0 innings,
giving up four runs (two
earned) on two hits with
three walks, earning four
strikeouts along the way.
Carter Adams pitched two
innings, giving up one
earned run on one hit with
three walks, earning three
strikeouts along the way.
Tough Week Ahead
The Yankees look
to improve on their
league-leading 6-1 record
and distance themselves
from second place as they
will visit both 5-1-1 teams
tied for second place this
week. Monday they will
open the week in Pilot
Rock visiting the Byrnes
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Revenue from Bonds and Other Debt
Interfund Transfers / Internal Service Reimbursements
All Other Resources Except Current Year Property Taxes
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Total Resources
Approved Budget
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This Year 2024-25
1,650,000
Next Year 2025-26
1,520,000
593,903
1,700,784
3,891,545
312,100
1,713,219
3,675,319
431,260
1,701,666
3,652,926
2,302,240
2,101,200
1,273,079
1,451,726
100,000
3,675,319
100,000
3,652,926
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Materials and Services
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Capital Outlay
Debt Service
Interfund Transfers
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Special Payments
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Total Requirements
3,891,545
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Distribution Yankees (6-1)
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over the Kiwanis Dodgers
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