WARRIORS ROUGHED UP IN STATE OPENER
Nothing went right for Warrenton on the opening day of the Oregon Junior Baseball Association Division I State Tournament as the North Marion Huskies stuffed the Warriors 10-0 in a five inning game at Pleasant Hill High School.
North Marion advances to play Scappoose, a 5-2 winner over Newport, in the quarterfinals. The Warriors drop to the consolation bracket and will play Newport on Friday at Marist High School.
The Warriors have a relatively young team and they betrayed that youth on Thursday with some poor defense in the early innings on routine plays: a dropped fly ball in the outfield, routine throws to first base which were not handled, an overthrow that allowed a runner to advance.
"We didn't play defense very well," said coach Lennie Wolfe. "We struggled. It looked like a our younger guys, even from warmups on, it was the first time in a playoff situation and it got to their nerves. It looked like a lot of guys weren't sure of themselves and that's a shame."
The Warriors had four errors in five innings, but the Huskies also capitalized on the early wildness of Warriors starting pitcher Tyler Collier (6-3). The senior lefty walked four batters and had a wild pitch in the first three innings as North Marion piled up all of its runs. Collier finished with eight strikeouts in five innings of work, but allowed six hits. Eight of the ten runs were earned.
Meanwhile, Warrenton generated little offense against Husky starting pitcher Andy Korner. Beau Torres had a bunt single in the second inning and a base hit in the fifth and that would be it.
The Warriors (16-7) must win two straight games to reach the quarterfinal game but it will be far from easy. The Newport Cubs reached the state semifinals in the spring and will likely send all-state pitcher Eddie Crowe to the hill Friday.
"We'll have to play better tomorrow and that goes without saying," said Wolfe. "We'll have a chance to regroup. The fortunate thing is that this is not a single elimination tournament."
The game will be at Marist High School in Eugene at 9:30 a.m.
North Marion advances to play Scappoose, a 5-2 winner over Newport, in the quarterfinals. The Warriors drop to the consolation bracket and will play Newport on Friday at Marist High School.
The Warriors have a relatively young team and they betrayed that youth on Thursday with some poor defense in the early innings on routine plays: a dropped fly ball in the outfield, routine throws to first base which were not handled, an overthrow that allowed a runner to advance.
"We didn't play defense very well," said coach Lennie Wolfe. "We struggled. It looked like a our younger guys, even from warmups on, it was the first time in a playoff situation and it got to their nerves. It looked like a lot of guys weren't sure of themselves and that's a shame."
The Warriors had four errors in five innings, but the Huskies also capitalized on the early wildness of Warriors starting pitcher Tyler Collier (6-3). The senior lefty walked four batters and had a wild pitch in the first three innings as North Marion piled up all of its runs. Collier finished with eight strikeouts in five innings of work, but allowed six hits. Eight of the ten runs were earned.
Meanwhile, Warrenton generated little offense against Husky starting pitcher Andy Korner. Beau Torres had a bunt single in the second inning and a base hit in the fifth and that would be it.
The Warriors (16-7) must win two straight games to reach the quarterfinal game but it will be far from easy. The Newport Cubs reached the state semifinals in the spring and will likely send all-state pitcher Eddie Crowe to the hill Friday.
"We'll have to play better tomorrow and that goes without saying," said Wolfe. "We'll have a chance to regroup. The fortunate thing is that this is not a single elimination tournament."
The game will be at Marist High School in Eugene at 9:30 a.m.
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