WARRENTON CLOBBERS VERNONIA IN L&C OPENER
It could be a sign of things to come.
No one will mistake this pretty good Warrenton team for the state tournament contending teams of the recent past, but the Warriors could very well run roughshod over their competition in the inaugural 3A Lewis and Clark League.
The Warriors scored in every inning, lashing out 16 hits off three Vernonia pitchers on the way to an 18-1, 5-inning victory at Vernonia in the league-opening game for both teams. Vernonia, a playoff contender in recent years in the 2A Northwest League is, like most of the rest of the new Lewis & CLark League teams, dealing with a shortage of players.
"[Sophomore pitcher Byron] Schorzman is still recovering from shoulder issues," said Warrenton head coach Lennie Wolfe, whose team is a strong favorite to return to the state playoffs after having a 16-year qualifying streak ended in 2006. "Jeremy Lende is still out with an injury and they haven't played for two weeks. Their last game was March 24th. They looked rusty. They just looked like a team that hasn't hit live pitching in a while."
Not a good recipe for success against the live arm of Dan Wolfe, who put together another strong performance on the hill with a 5-inning, 3-hitter with 11 strikeouts and no walks. The only blemish was a first inning home run by Brent Thompson.
"The Thompson kid absolutely owns us," said Wolfe. "Dan threw a good changeup down and the kid went and got it. He was 2-for-2 against us."
Wolfe threw 80 pitches and kept everything but the three hits in the infield in recording his fourth victory of the season without a loss. He had plenty of help from his offense.
Eric Gantenbein went 5-for-5 on the day with a double and Bubba Massey went 2-for-4 with a home run and seven RBI's.
"He already has something like 23 or 24 RBI's in eight games," said Wolfe. "It's unbelieveable. He's hitting the ball hard."
Wolfe went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and Michael Moore continued to produce with a pair of hits and three runs batted in.
"He didn't play last year because he was in a garage band," said Wolfe of the junior lefthanded outfielder and pitcher Moore. "He decided to devote his attention to his music career."
Moore's group has since disbanded and "Lennie and the Wolfetones" are more than happy to have him in their ensemble.
The Warriors, now 7-1 overall, host Neah-Kah-Nie on Friday for a single game at Huddleston Field.
WARRENTON 2-7-5-1-3 18-16-0
VERNONIA 1-0-0-0-0 1-3-3
WP-Wolfe (5ip, 3h, er, 11k, 0bb-80 pitches)
LP-Davis (2ip, 7h, 9r, 8er, 2k, 4bb)
2B-Wolfe, Gantenbein, Sturgell. HR-Massey, Thompson.
No one will mistake this pretty good Warrenton team for the state tournament contending teams of the recent past, but the Warriors could very well run roughshod over their competition in the inaugural 3A Lewis and Clark League.
The Warriors scored in every inning, lashing out 16 hits off three Vernonia pitchers on the way to an 18-1, 5-inning victory at Vernonia in the league-opening game for both teams. Vernonia, a playoff contender in recent years in the 2A Northwest League is, like most of the rest of the new Lewis & CLark League teams, dealing with a shortage of players.
"[Sophomore pitcher Byron] Schorzman is still recovering from shoulder issues," said Warrenton head coach Lennie Wolfe, whose team is a strong favorite to return to the state playoffs after having a 16-year qualifying streak ended in 2006. "Jeremy Lende is still out with an injury and they haven't played for two weeks. Their last game was March 24th. They looked rusty. They just looked like a team that hasn't hit live pitching in a while."
Not a good recipe for success against the live arm of Dan Wolfe, who put together another strong performance on the hill with a 5-inning, 3-hitter with 11 strikeouts and no walks. The only blemish was a first inning home run by Brent Thompson.
"The Thompson kid absolutely owns us," said Wolfe. "Dan threw a good changeup down and the kid went and got it. He was 2-for-2 against us."
Wolfe threw 80 pitches and kept everything but the three hits in the infield in recording his fourth victory of the season without a loss. He had plenty of help from his offense.
Eric Gantenbein went 5-for-5 on the day with a double and Bubba Massey went 2-for-4 with a home run and seven RBI's.
"He already has something like 23 or 24 RBI's in eight games," said Wolfe. "It's unbelieveable. He's hitting the ball hard."
Wolfe went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and Michael Moore continued to produce with a pair of hits and three runs batted in.
"He didn't play last year because he was in a garage band," said Wolfe of the junior lefthanded outfielder and pitcher Moore. "He decided to devote his attention to his music career."
Moore's group has since disbanded and "Lennie and the Wolfetones" are more than happy to have him in their ensemble.
The Warriors, now 7-1 overall, host Neah-Kah-Nie on Friday for a single game at Huddleston Field.
WARRENTON 2-7-5-1-3 18-16-0
VERNONIA 1-0-0-0-0 1-3-3
WP-Wolfe (5ip, 3h, er, 11k, 0bb-80 pitches)
LP-Davis (2ip, 7h, 9r, 8er, 2k, 4bb)
2B-Wolfe, Gantenbein, Sturgell. HR-Massey, Thompson.
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