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A12 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2016 SPORTS Vikings fall to Pilot in twin bill The Pilot Rock Rock- ets remained undefeated with their fourth and ¿fth wins of the season in a non-league doubleheader at home against the Umatilla Vikings on Thursday, 7-3, 12-2. Pilot Rock starting pitchers Levi Thieme and Bryson Pierce controlled their outings and made big impacts at the plate as well. Thieme struck out 18 batters, walked four and gave up three earned runs on four hits in a com- plete-game effort in the opener. He also batted 2 for 3 with a solo home run that put Pilot Rock (5-0) up 4-3 in the bottom of the fourth inning. He also drove in an insurance run with a double in the sixth, and later scored on an error. Pierce went 2 for 4 in the morning game, and also helped his own cause in the afternoon game going 2 for 3 with three RBI and a run. Pierce pitched four com- plete innings and allowed no runs on two hits and three walks. He struck out nine. The Rockets scored the bulk of their runs in a 10- run third that saw Chris Weinke, Iverson Winters and Thieme each scored twice. Winters, Thieme, Pierce and Wesley Pur- cell all hit RBI during the frame, which featured six hits, three walks, one hit batter, two passed balls and one error. Of the nine runs al- lowed by Umatilla starter Diego Soto off seven hits, just three were earned. He struck out two and walked ECHO: continued from Page A11 nique Montoya, Hannah McCarty and Gonzales each scored twice. The Cougars lashed nine hits, ¿ve of which were doubles, and capi- talized on the numerous Colton errors, especially in the second. In that sec- ond, Echo sent 14 batters to the plate and scored eight runs, though four were unearned. Echo was balanced, with hitters up and down the lineup turn- ing in quality at-bats, an- other point of emphasis for Bailey entering the contest. “(We) took advantage of every mistake (Colton) made,” Bailey said. “We weren’t hesitant and took advantage of it. In the second, Montoya led off with a double into left center, and moved to third when McCarty was beaned and Gonza- les walked. After Beth Millbrodt struck out, Cu- riel started the rally with a two-run double, giving Echo the lead for good at 2-1. Pendleton transfer Hilliard followed with an RBI single plating Gon- zales, and Christopher reached on Colton’s ¿rst error of the inning, plating Curiel and giving Echo a 4-1 lead. {Erika} Parks then reached on Colton’s second error of the frame, which itself allowed Hil- liard to score, then after a throwing error compound- ing the original error with the glove, allowing Chris- topher to jaunt across the plate for a 6-1 Echo lead. Kenzie Blankenship then singled, but a bad throw from left ¿eld gave Parks time to score. TIGERS: continued from Page A11 work hard and they have high goals and aspirations for the season. They show up early and ready to go at practice and are a bunch of team-¿rst guys.” Stan¿eld had perhaps its best test yet Tuesday when the team traveled to The Dalles to take on the Kennedy Trojans. The Tro- jans held a 4-2 record and had scored 55 runs (9.2 average). The result of that SOFTBALL PREP SCHEDULE Wednesday, March 30 BASEBALL Hermiston @ La Salle Prep, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 31 TENNIS Hermiston boys @ Davis (WA), 3:30 p.m. Hermiston girls @ Davis (WA), 3:30 p.m. Lacrosse Hermiston @ Richland, 7 p.m. Friday, April 1 BASEBALL Hermiston vs. Rex Putnam (DH), 4 p.m. Umatilla vs. Stanfield (DH), 1 p.m. GOLF Hermiston boys @ Eagle Crest, 8 a.m. SOFTBALL Hermiston @ Reynolds (DH), 3 p.m. Echo vs. Umatilla, 1 p.m. TENNIS Stanfield @ Condon, 3 p.m. TRACK AND FIELD Hermiston @ Gresham at Mt. Hood CC, 4 p.m. Umatilla @ McLoughlin, noon Echo @ McLoughlin, noon three. Thieme went 3 for 4 at the plate with two RBI and Winters was 2 for 3 with two RBI. Seth Cranston led Uma- tilla (2-2) going 2 for 3 with a run. Results from Umatilla’s game at home on Tuesday against Sherman were not available by press time. Montoya walked in her second at-bat of the inning, and McCarty reached for the second time when she was hit by another pitch. After a pop-up to second base gave Colton its sec- ond out, Milbrodt singled this time, scoring Blan- kenship. Echo threatened in the third, getting Christopher to third. She walked, stole second and moved to third on a Parks ground- out, but Blakenship’s hard-hit line drive into center field was gloved there by Shelby Marshall to end the threat. In the fourth, Echo put it away. Montoya walked to lead off, then McCarthy and Gonzales followed with nearly identical line drive singles into center ¿eld, giving Echo the bas- es loaded an no out. Mon- toya scord on a wild pitch during pinch-hitter Rachel Campana’s at-bat, which ended in a walk, then Pol- lick, also pinch-hitting, doubled into left-cen- ter, plating Gonzales and Campana to put Echo up 12-1. McCarty scored on a wild pitch during Pollick’s at-bat. Hilliard reached on an error, but Pollick was thrown out at the plate in a 5-3-2 play, making up for the lost out. Christopher then reached on an error, and, after Parks popped out to second base, Blan- kenship ripped a single into left ¿eld, scoring both Hilliard and Christopher, providing the ¿nal scor- ing. For an Echo team that had struggled in its ¿rst two games with plate dis- cipline, was better at de- ¿ning the strike zone on Thursday and not chasing pitches outside of it. Echo game was not available by press time So can the Tigers sustain this torrid pace? “I don’t know, we’re going to be facing some better competition com- ing up in our (non-league) and league schedules,” he said. “If the team can stay healthy I think we can make a deep run into the postseason.” ——— R H E SHS 021 145 — 22 17 1 RHS 000 01 — 1 0 0 Flores, Renner (5), and Monkus. Killion, Calvillo (4), Sorenson (4). 2B — Bailey, Renner, Flores, Grogan (SHS). Saturday, April 2 GOLF Hermiston boys @ Eagle Crest, 8 a.m. Hermiston girls @ Eagle Ridge, TBD LACROSSE Hermiston @ Mt. Spokane (WA), 1 p.m. TRACK AND FIELD Stanfield @ Sherman County, 11 a.m. Monday, April 4 GOLF Hermiston boys @ Wildhorse Invite, noon Hermiston girls @ Pendleton, noon TENNIS Umatilla @ McLoughlin, 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 5 BASEBALL Stanfield @ Riverside (DH), 1 p.m. Umatilla @ Sherman, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL Umatilla @ Irrigon (DH), 3 p.m. Echo @ Riverside, 1 p.m. TENNIS Stanfield vs. Ione, 4:30 p.m. TRACK AND FIELD Hermiston vs. The Dalles, 4 p.m. ——— Game 1 R H E UHS 000 300 0 — 3 4 4 PR 012 103 X — 7 9 0 C. Keller, J. Dever (6) and catcher. L. Thieme and catcher. W — Thieme. L — Keller. 2B — T. Sanguino (UHS); L. Thieme, B. Pierce, J. Brickey, I. Winters (PR). HR — L. Thieme (PR). Game 2 R H E UHS 000 02 — 2 5 3 PR 00(10) 2X — 12 10 3 D. Soto, A. Wilson (3) and catcher. B. Pierce, I. Winters (5) and catcher. W — Pierce. L — Soto. 2B — S. Cranston, J. Dever (UHS); B. Pierce (PR). batters only struck out twice, learning the value of putting the ball in play. “It’s pretty easy to de- fend strikeouts. You don’t have to do anything,” Bai- ley said. “A lot of these teams, if you just put the ball in play, they have to ¿eld in cleanly, throw it cleanly and catch it clean- ly, so there’s room for er- ECHO 18, HEPPNER 4 (6 innings) — At Hep- pner, Kenzie Blankenship homered twice in the sixth inning as the Echo Cougars piled on with 10 runs in the frame to pull away from the Heppner Mustangs in a non-league game on Mon- day. Blankenship’s ¿rst home run came with two on and no outs to make it 11-4, and her second went for two runs with two outs to make it 18-4. They were her only two hits of the game. Monique Montoya went 4 for 5 and scored four runs for Echo (3-1), Erika Parks went 3 for 4 with two runs and Hannah McCarty was 2 for 3 with three runs. Chey- enne Hilliard, Jamie Chris- topher and Montoya all had two RBI. Alyssa Ray pitched the entire game and ¿nished with eight strikeouts and two walks. She allowed four earned runs on nine hits. Jessica Kempken (3 for 3) Miranda Lemmon (3 for 4) were the only Mustangs with multiple hits and Mor- gan Correa led Heppner (2-3) with two RBI. Lem- mon pitched the ¿rst 4 1-3 innings and left with the score 7-1. She allowed four earned runs on eight hits with one strikeout and one walk. ——— R H E EHS 110 42(10) — 18 15 1 HHS 010 030 — 4 9 4 A. Ray and E. Parks. M. Lemmon, D. Durfey (5) and T. Hamby. W — Ray. L — Lemmon. 2B — C. Hilliard 2, M. Montoya 2, H. McCarty 2 (EHS); M. Lemmon, M. Correa, J. Kempken (HHS). 3B — J. Christopher (EHS). HR — K. Blankenship 2 (EHS). ror. You can make things happen by just putting the ball in play.” Echo is back on the dia- mond for a 4:30 date with Heppner/Ione in Heppner. ——— CHS 100 00 — 1 2 5 EHS 080 4X — 14 9 1 M. Gonzales and E. Parks; C. Weinburg- er and C. Neff. W — M. Gonzales (EHS). L — C. Wein- burger (CHS). 2B: C. Curiel (EHS), E. Parks (EHS), K. Blankenship (EHS), M. Montoya (EHS), A. Pollick (EHS). Bulldogs pound Pasco By SAM BARBEE Staff writer The Hermiston Bull- dogs thoroughly domi- nated the Pasco Bulldogs in an interstate varsity softball game in Pasco on Friday, never allowing a runner past second base in 12 innings while scoring early and late in a 11-0, 15-0 sweep. “It was really nice to see the girls be aggres- sive,´ ¿rst-year Bulldogs coach Kate Greenough said. “They’re starting to realize how good they are.” In the opener, the Bull- dogs (6-3) used patience and late-at-bat adjust- ments to slowly pull away from Pasco, in addition to an all-out approach on the bases. Hermiston got its run- ners on by seeing pitches, fouling balls off and, ul- timately, working walks. From there, Hermiston continually applied pres- sure to the Pasco defense, taking extra bases when- ever opportunities pre- sented themselves. On one occasion, a Hermiston runner scram- bled from ¿rst to third on a passed ball after the wayward pitch took a sharp bounce off the un- forgiving backstop. An- other time, Hermiston moved a runner from ¿rst to third on a single bunt, trading two bases for one out. “We were aggressive, always looking for the next bag,” Greenough said. “And when they saw (the open bag) they took it.” Though Hermiston’s run output was low early in the game — just a run on ¿ve hits — the batters worked four walks and constantly had runners aboard. Hermiston was patient and, according to Greenough, were always watching the game and always learning. They never started swinging at pitches out of the strike zone. Including the night- cap, Hermiston struck out one time and it was swinging. “They were taking the ¿rst at-bats for what they were and made ad- justments in their sec- ond at-bats,” Greenough said. “You’d love to jump on teams early, but they were learning and mak- ing adjustments.” The Bulldogs broke through late, scoring two in the fourth, three in the ¿fth and four in the sev- enth to win going away. Rebecca Englebrecht and Julissa Almaguer tripled in the win. Al- maguer struck out four and walked two in ¿ve innings in the circle to earn the win. Taylor Betz closed the door, tossing two innings with two punchouts. In the nightcap, Herm- iston was clearly com- fortable at the plate, and scored eight runs in the second inning to again win convincingly. This time, instead of playing an aggressive version of smallball, the Bulldogs took Pasco pitches into the gap. Four of Herm- iston’s six hits were for extra bases. Almaguer, Englebrecht and Jaime Hinkley each doubled, and Amanda Baron tri- pled. Hinkley also stole three bases, giving her a total of four on the day. “The girls were al- ways in control,” Gree- nough said. “It was great to see.” Betz tossed all ¿ve in- nings of shutout ball on two hits while striking out four and walking two. The results of Hermis- ton’s home game against Summit weren’t available by press time Tuesday. ——— Game 1 HHS 100 231 4 — 11 12 1 PHS 000 000 0 — 0 1 3 J. Almaguer, T. Betz (6), J. Hinkley; Carpenter, Bodnar. W — J. Almaguer. L — Carpenter. 3B: R. Englebrecht, J. Almaguer (HHS). ——— Game 2 HHS 281 22 — 15 6 0 PHS 000 00 — 0 2 2 T. Betz, J. Hinkley; Lopez, Carpenter (3), Stark. W — T. Betz. L — Lopez. 2B: J. Almaguer, R. Englebrecht, J. Hinkley. 3B: A. Baron (HHS). SB: J. Hinkley 3 (HHS). WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO HOMES? 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