ASTORIA HANDS PENDLETON FIRST LOSS
The sound of music was sweet for Astoria and the refrain went, "Anything you can do, I can do better".
Zach Dursse's suicide squeeze bunt in the sixth inning scored Dane Lund with the go-ahead run and Jake Hatcher's 2-run, 7th-inning double provided insurance as Astoria handed Pendleton its first loss of the North Oregon Babe Ruth 14-year-old State Tournament, winning 4-1 in the final pool play game for both teams Saturday night.
After Astoria grabbed the early lead with a run in the first inning, Pendleton evened the score in the fifth. Speedy leadoff man Levin Fox beat out an infield hit, stole second and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Jake Talbot. Ryan Hamilton put down a second straight bunt, this time on a suicide squeeze, to score Fox with the game tying run.
In the top of the sixth, Lund, Astoria's stalwart catcher, reached on a 1-out base hit. Marcus Brown followed with a grounder to Pendleton third baseman Josh Ernst, whose throw was wild, allowing Lund to steam into third base. Dursse followed in the cleanup spot, after replacing slumping Max Johnson in the outfield the previous inning. On the first pitch, Dursse put the bunt down back to the pitcher, allowing Lund to score, giving Astoria a 2-1 lead.
Astoria got major contributions from its entire bench in this game. Ian Dueber relieved starting pitcher Cody Strickland in the fifth inning and led off the seventh with a base hit. Marc Gallegos, who also started this game on the pine, followed with a hit. And after backup rightfielder Ricky Sarin moved the runners up with a grounder to short, Jake Hatcher blasted a ball to the wall in left field to score Dueber and Gallegos, giving Astoria a 4-1 lead.
After walking the first two batters in the seventh to bring the tying run to the plate with nobody out, Dueber recovered to get three straight outs to seal the win.
Pendleton threatened to score in three of the first four innings, but stranded six baserunners, five in scoring position. With the bases loaded an one out in the first inning, Cody Strickland fanned Torin Garza and Kyle Martinez to end the threat. In the second inning, Pendleton put runners on second and third with one out, but Strickland got Fox on a foul popup and Talbot popped out to first base to end the inning. Dannon Baker reached third base with one out in the fourth inning on an error and a wild pitch, but again Strickland clutched up, striking out Kyle Mecham looking before ending the inning on a ground out to short.
Strickland went four innings, allowing two hits and no runs with three strikeouts and three walks in the no decision. Trevor Couch doubled and scored Astoria's first run on a Marcus Brown base hit in the first inning. Brown finished the game 2-for-3 at the plate.
Astoria clinched first place in the American pool with the win and will face National pool number four seed S.E. Portland at 7:00 p.m. Sunday night in the quarterfinals. Pendleton will play Beaverton at 10:00 a.m.
ASTORIA 1-0-0-0-0-1-2 4-7-2
PENDLETON 0-0-0-0-1-0-0 1-4-1
WP-Dueber (3ip, 2h, er, 3bb, 2k, wp)
LP-Nooy (3ip, 4h, 3r, 2er, 0bb, 5k, bk)
E-Knutsen, Brown, Ernst. LOB-Astoria 4, Pendleton 9. 2B-Couch, Hatcher. SB-Couch, Brown 2, Baker, Fox, Talbot. CS-Ernst. S-Lund, Dursse, Jones, Talbot, Hamilton. DP-Astoria 1, Pendleton 1.
Zach Dursse's suicide squeeze bunt in the sixth inning scored Dane Lund with the go-ahead run and Jake Hatcher's 2-run, 7th-inning double provided insurance as Astoria handed Pendleton its first loss of the North Oregon Babe Ruth 14-year-old State Tournament, winning 4-1 in the final pool play game for both teams Saturday night.
After Astoria grabbed the early lead with a run in the first inning, Pendleton evened the score in the fifth. Speedy leadoff man Levin Fox beat out an infield hit, stole second and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Jake Talbot. Ryan Hamilton put down a second straight bunt, this time on a suicide squeeze, to score Fox with the game tying run.
In the top of the sixth, Lund, Astoria's stalwart catcher, reached on a 1-out base hit. Marcus Brown followed with a grounder to Pendleton third baseman Josh Ernst, whose throw was wild, allowing Lund to steam into third base. Dursse followed in the cleanup spot, after replacing slumping Max Johnson in the outfield the previous inning. On the first pitch, Dursse put the bunt down back to the pitcher, allowing Lund to score, giving Astoria a 2-1 lead.
Astoria got major contributions from its entire bench in this game. Ian Dueber relieved starting pitcher Cody Strickland in the fifth inning and led off the seventh with a base hit. Marc Gallegos, who also started this game on the pine, followed with a hit. And after backup rightfielder Ricky Sarin moved the runners up with a grounder to short, Jake Hatcher blasted a ball to the wall in left field to score Dueber and Gallegos, giving Astoria a 4-1 lead.
After walking the first two batters in the seventh to bring the tying run to the plate with nobody out, Dueber recovered to get three straight outs to seal the win.
Pendleton threatened to score in three of the first four innings, but stranded six baserunners, five in scoring position. With the bases loaded an one out in the first inning, Cody Strickland fanned Torin Garza and Kyle Martinez to end the threat. In the second inning, Pendleton put runners on second and third with one out, but Strickland got Fox on a foul popup and Talbot popped out to first base to end the inning. Dannon Baker reached third base with one out in the fourth inning on an error and a wild pitch, but again Strickland clutched up, striking out Kyle Mecham looking before ending the inning on a ground out to short.
Strickland went four innings, allowing two hits and no runs with three strikeouts and three walks in the no decision. Trevor Couch doubled and scored Astoria's first run on a Marcus Brown base hit in the first inning. Brown finished the game 2-for-3 at the plate.
Astoria clinched first place in the American pool with the win and will face National pool number four seed S.E. Portland at 7:00 p.m. Sunday night in the quarterfinals. Pendleton will play Beaverton at 10:00 a.m.
ASTORIA 1-0-0-0-0-1-2 4-7-2
PENDLETON 0-0-0-0-1-0-0 1-4-1
WP-Dueber (3ip, 2h, er, 3bb, 2k, wp)
LP-Nooy (3ip, 4h, 3r, 2er, 0bb, 5k, bk)
E-Knutsen, Brown, Ernst. LOB-Astoria 4, Pendleton 9. 2B-Couch, Hatcher. SB-Couch, Brown 2, Baker, Fox, Talbot. CS-Ernst. S-Lund, Dursse, Jones, Talbot, Hamilton. DP-Astoria 1, Pendleton 1.
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