WARRIORS EARN SURPRISING SPLIT IN ASTORIA
Matt Brause's perfect 2006 continued, barely, but the Warrenton Warriors knocked off Astoria Ford 7-4 in the second half of a doubleheader at Aiken Field, handing the Fishermen their first North Coast District loss of the summer.
The Warriors nearly got the sweep, but Astoria scored two unearned runs in the sixth inning and Brause delivered the game-winning hit in the bottom of the seventh in a 4-3 Astoria win.
Warrenton had taken a 3-1 lead into the bottom of the sixth despite one of Brause's best performances of the season on the hill. Continuing his recent approach of overpowering hitters with a livelier 4-seam fastball, Brause struck out 17 batters in a complete game performance, allowing just two hits and one base on balls. The reigning Oregon 3A Player of the Year's walk to Brandon Slaughter with two outs in the fifth inning was the only 3-ball count of the game.
The first eight Warrenton outs of game one were strikeouts until Mike Davis popped out to first base to end the third inning. However, Tyler Collier's leadoff double in the second inning led to the first run of the game, when Collier advanced to third base on a throwing error by shortstop Tom Jaworski, later crossing the plate on an errant pickoff attempt by catcher Brendan Landwehr.
Astoria evened the score in the fifth inning when Brent Culver singled to right field with two outs, scoring Hans Lund from second base.
The Fishermen had just one hit in the first four innings against Warriors starting pitcher Tyler Collier, but recorded six safeties and all four of their runs in the final three innings.
Warrenton plated two more unearned runs in the top of the sixth inning to take a 3-1 lead. Dan Wolfe reached on a disputed play at first base when it was ruled that Jordan Poyer's foot came off the bag to take a high throw from Jaworski. A long, demonstrative protest by Astoria head coach Dave Gasser did not result in an overrule, but did allow him to display some fine dance moves as he attempted to demonstrate to field umprire Brad Campbell how Poyer kept his toe on the bag. Buddy Davis followed with a double down the left field line, putting runners at second and third with nobody out. Eric Gantenbein lifted a sacrifice fly to center field to score Wolfe, then with two outs, Nathan Massey reached base on a muffed ground ball by second baseman Hans Lund, putting runners at first and third. A wild pitch allowed Davis to score, putting the Warriors up by two runs.
But defensive miscues would cost both teams in this game. With runners on first and second and two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, Joey Dursse lifted a shallow fly ball to right field. Charging in to try to make a running catch, Billy Sturgell overan the ball, which glanced off his glove and behind him as both runners scored, tying the game. After an intentional walk to Lund, Collier struck out Mason Brause to end the inning with the game tied at 3.
Brause mowed down the Warriors lineup, striking out the bottom of the Warrenton order on ten pitches in the top of the seventh, then hit a check swing single through the hole on the right side in the bottom of the inning to score Tom Jaworski with the game-ending run.
Collier struck out five and walked four in the loss.
The two Warriors hits off Brause were both doubles and Warrenton added five more extra base hits in game two, but it was four first inning singles that put the Warrenton up 3-0. With one out, five consecutive Warrior batters reached base, with Nathan Massey and Billy Sturgell delivering RBI singles and Tyler Collier scoring on a wild pitch after reaching on a base hit.
Massey delivered another RBI single in the fourth inning, scoring Eric Gantenbein, who had doubled. Massey, the only Warrenton player not to strike out against Brause in game one, went 4-for-4 with a double and two RBI's in the second game. Dan Wolfe went 3-for-5 with a double and a triple and two runs batted in and pitched five innings of 3-hit ball for the victory. Gantenbein doubled and homered in three at bats, scoring two runs.
With a 7-1 lead, Gantenbein ran into control problems after taking the mound in the sixth inning, walking four consecutive batters with two outs. In the seventh, Tom Jaworski singled and Jordan Poyer followed with a long home run to straightaway left field, his fourth home run in four days. Gantenbein retired three of the next four batters to finish the game.
Poyer went 3-for-4 at the plate in game two for the Fishermen, reaching base six times in the doubleheader.
Both teams are scheduled to face Ilwaco next, with Warrenton hosting the Fishermen on Saturday and Astoria moving Sunday's scheduled game to Tuesday.
WARRENTON 0-1-0-0-0-2-0 2-2-4
ASTORIA 0-0-0-0-1-2-1 4-7-4
WP-Brause (7ip, 2h, 3r, 0er, 17k, bb, wp)
LP-Collier (6.1ip, 7h, 4r, 2er, 4bb, 5k)
E-Jaworski (2), Landwehr, Davis, Collier, Lund, Moore, Sturgell. LOB-Warrenton 3, Astoria 6. 2B-Collier, Davis. SB-Poyer, Jaworski. SF-Gantenbein. DP-Warrenton.
WARRENTON 3-0-0-1-2-1-0 7-12-2
ASTORIA 1-0-0-0-0-1-2 4-5-0
WP-Wolfe (5ip, 3h, r, 0er, 2bb, 4k)
LP-Bredleau (5ip, 9h, 6er, 5k, 7k, hp, 2wp)
E-Gantenbein, Slaughter. LOB-Warrenton 10, Astoria 9. 2B-Wolfe, Massey, Gantenbein. 3B-Wolfe. HR-Gantenbein, Poyer. SB-Culver, Poyer. S-Patterson. DP-Warrenton 2, Astoria 1.
The Warriors nearly got the sweep, but Astoria scored two unearned runs in the sixth inning and Brause delivered the game-winning hit in the bottom of the seventh in a 4-3 Astoria win.
Warrenton had taken a 3-1 lead into the bottom of the sixth despite one of Brause's best performances of the season on the hill. Continuing his recent approach of overpowering hitters with a livelier 4-seam fastball, Brause struck out 17 batters in a complete game performance, allowing just two hits and one base on balls. The reigning Oregon 3A Player of the Year's walk to Brandon Slaughter with two outs in the fifth inning was the only 3-ball count of the game.
The first eight Warrenton outs of game one were strikeouts until Mike Davis popped out to first base to end the third inning. However, Tyler Collier's leadoff double in the second inning led to the first run of the game, when Collier advanced to third base on a throwing error by shortstop Tom Jaworski, later crossing the plate on an errant pickoff attempt by catcher Brendan Landwehr.
Astoria evened the score in the fifth inning when Brent Culver singled to right field with two outs, scoring Hans Lund from second base.
The Fishermen had just one hit in the first four innings against Warriors starting pitcher Tyler Collier, but recorded six safeties and all four of their runs in the final three innings.
Warrenton plated two more unearned runs in the top of the sixth inning to take a 3-1 lead. Dan Wolfe reached on a disputed play at first base when it was ruled that Jordan Poyer's foot came off the bag to take a high throw from Jaworski. A long, demonstrative protest by Astoria head coach Dave Gasser did not result in an overrule, but did allow him to display some fine dance moves as he attempted to demonstrate to field umprire Brad Campbell how Poyer kept his toe on the bag. Buddy Davis followed with a double down the left field line, putting runners at second and third with nobody out. Eric Gantenbein lifted a sacrifice fly to center field to score Wolfe, then with two outs, Nathan Massey reached base on a muffed ground ball by second baseman Hans Lund, putting runners at first and third. A wild pitch allowed Davis to score, putting the Warriors up by two runs.
But defensive miscues would cost both teams in this game. With runners on first and second and two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, Joey Dursse lifted a shallow fly ball to right field. Charging in to try to make a running catch, Billy Sturgell overan the ball, which glanced off his glove and behind him as both runners scored, tying the game. After an intentional walk to Lund, Collier struck out Mason Brause to end the inning with the game tied at 3.
Brause mowed down the Warriors lineup, striking out the bottom of the Warrenton order on ten pitches in the top of the seventh, then hit a check swing single through the hole on the right side in the bottom of the inning to score Tom Jaworski with the game-ending run.
Collier struck out five and walked four in the loss.
The two Warriors hits off Brause were both doubles and Warrenton added five more extra base hits in game two, but it was four first inning singles that put the Warrenton up 3-0. With one out, five consecutive Warrior batters reached base, with Nathan Massey and Billy Sturgell delivering RBI singles and Tyler Collier scoring on a wild pitch after reaching on a base hit.
Massey delivered another RBI single in the fourth inning, scoring Eric Gantenbein, who had doubled. Massey, the only Warrenton player not to strike out against Brause in game one, went 4-for-4 with a double and two RBI's in the second game. Dan Wolfe went 3-for-5 with a double and a triple and two runs batted in and pitched five innings of 3-hit ball for the victory. Gantenbein doubled and homered in three at bats, scoring two runs.
With a 7-1 lead, Gantenbein ran into control problems after taking the mound in the sixth inning, walking four consecutive batters with two outs. In the seventh, Tom Jaworski singled and Jordan Poyer followed with a long home run to straightaway left field, his fourth home run in four days. Gantenbein retired three of the next four batters to finish the game.
Poyer went 3-for-4 at the plate in game two for the Fishermen, reaching base six times in the doubleheader.
Both teams are scheduled to face Ilwaco next, with Warrenton hosting the Fishermen on Saturday and Astoria moving Sunday's scheduled game to Tuesday.
WARRENTON 0-1-0-0-0-2-0 2-2-4
ASTORIA 0-0-0-0-1-2-1 4-7-4
WP-Brause (7ip, 2h, 3r, 0er, 17k, bb, wp)
LP-Collier (6.1ip, 7h, 4r, 2er, 4bb, 5k)
E-Jaworski (2), Landwehr, Davis, Collier, Lund, Moore, Sturgell. LOB-Warrenton 3, Astoria 6. 2B-Collier, Davis. SB-Poyer, Jaworski. SF-Gantenbein. DP-Warrenton.
WARRENTON 3-0-0-1-2-1-0 7-12-2
ASTORIA 1-0-0-0-0-1-2 4-5-0
WP-Wolfe (5ip, 3h, r, 0er, 2bb, 4k)
LP-Bredleau (5ip, 9h, 6er, 5k, 7k, hp, 2wp)
E-Gantenbein, Slaughter. LOB-Warrenton 10, Astoria 9. 2B-Wolfe, Massey, Gantenbein. 3B-Wolfe. HR-Gantenbein, Poyer. SB-Culver, Poyer. S-Patterson. DP-Warrenton 2, Astoria 1.
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