WARRIORS SPLIT WITH TIGERS, STILL SECOND
For the second time this season, defensive miscues cost the Warrenton Warriors a game against the Clatskanie Tigers and may have possibly cost them a shot at the inaugural Lewis & Clark League title.
It must be something about the black, red and white color combo that is short circuiting the Warriors central nervous system via the retinas.
The Tigers took advantage of six Warriors errors to score seven unearned runs in a 7-3 victory over Warrenton in game one of a doubleheader at Clatskanie Friday. Needing a split to stay alive in the title hunt, the Warriors continued to boot the ball with four errors in game two but came up with some clutch late-inning at bats to pull out an 8-7 victory in ten innings.
The Warriors are now 15-3 on the season, with two of the losses coming to the Tigers, who remain in first place in the Lewis & Clark League standings at 10-1, a game ahead of Warrenton with four games remaining for both teams. The Warriors will be Rainier's biggest fans as Warrenton needs the Columbians to sweep Clatskanie when the two longtime rivals meet Tuesday in a doubleheader at Clatskanie.
With the league title hanging in the balance and Clatskanie leading 5-4 in the seventh inning of game two, Eric Gantenbein kept hope alive for Warrenton. The senior utility player singled, went to second on a passed ball, stole third and scored on a key pinch-hit fielder's choice by Chris Marks.
Both teams stranded runners in extra innings before Warrenton grabbed the lead with two runs in the ninth on a clutch, two-out, two-run single by Kevin Moore, scoring Gantenbein and Bubba Massey. Clatskanie answered though, in an ugly sequence in the bottom of the inning, taking advantage of an error, a walk and a hit batsmen to send two across the plate to extend the game.
In the tenth, it was Gantenbein stepping up again with a long double off the right centerfield fence to score Buddy Davis, who reached on his only hit of the day. Michael Moore walked a man but got the final out in the bottom of the inning to preserve the victory.
Adam Kallio took the loss in relief for the Tigers after coming out of the pen for the victory in game one. The unquestioned highlight of the day for Clatskanie came in the bottom of the sixth inning of the first game when K.C. Taylor launched a grand slam home run to break a 3-3 tie. The Tigers began the inning by putting a runner on board via Warrenton's sixth error of the game. Pitcher Dan Wolfe retired the next two batters before walking the dangerous Luke Meyer intentionally. Unfortunately, the next batter also worked an unintentional walk leading to Taylor's heroics. The Tiger junior also started on the mound, allowing three hits and two earned runs over a five inning stint. All seven runs charged to Wolfe were unearned.
"We never should have been in a position to pitch in that situation," said a frustrated Warrenton coach Lennie Wolfe, whose team also self-destructed defensively earlier in the season in a 2-1 loss to the Tigers, but had played nearly flawless defense since. "We didn't play very good defense today."
Bases on balls figured heavily into Warrenton's scoring in game one. Three walks and a hit batter forced in the first Warriors run in the first inning. Gantenbein and Massey walked ahead of Kevin Moore's 2-out RBI single in the fifth inning. The Warriors tied the game in the sixth on a 2-out double by Beau Torres followed by an RBI single by Wolfe, who went 1-for-3 with 2 RBI.
"We still have some prospects," said Coach Wolfe. "I'm not real happy with the defense, but I'm very pleased with our pitching. I'm also pleased with our ability to hang in and come back to salvage the split."
It will be a busy week for the Warriors, who will play nine games in nine days if the weather cooperates. Warrenton renews an old rivaly with a nonleague game at Knappa Monday at 3:30 p.m., before hosting a Tuesday doubleheader against Catlin Gabel when the throwback jerseys will be dusted off. The Warriors hope to be playing for first place on Friday when they host Rainier for a doubleheader. Saturday, Warrenton plays old nemesis Regis as the Rams take on the Warriors in a nonleague doubleheader at noon.
WARRENTON 1-0-0-0-1-1-0 3-5-6
CLATSKANIE 0-2-0-1-0-4-x 7-5-1
W-Kallio
L-Wolfe (6ip, 7r, 0er, 8k, 3bb)
2B-Torres. HR-Taylor.
WARRENTON 1-0-2-0-1-0-1 0-2-1 8-11-4
CLATSKANIE 1-0-2-0-2-0-0 0-2-0 7-7-6
W-M. Moore (2ip, h, 2r, 0er, 2k, 2bb)
L-Kallio
It must be something about the black, red and white color combo that is short circuiting the Warriors central nervous system via the retinas.
The Tigers took advantage of six Warriors errors to score seven unearned runs in a 7-3 victory over Warrenton in game one of a doubleheader at Clatskanie Friday. Needing a split to stay alive in the title hunt, the Warriors continued to boot the ball with four errors in game two but came up with some clutch late-inning at bats to pull out an 8-7 victory in ten innings.
The Warriors are now 15-3 on the season, with two of the losses coming to the Tigers, who remain in first place in the Lewis & Clark League standings at 10-1, a game ahead of Warrenton with four games remaining for both teams. The Warriors will be Rainier's biggest fans as Warrenton needs the Columbians to sweep Clatskanie when the two longtime rivals meet Tuesday in a doubleheader at Clatskanie.
With the league title hanging in the balance and Clatskanie leading 5-4 in the seventh inning of game two, Eric Gantenbein kept hope alive for Warrenton. The senior utility player singled, went to second on a passed ball, stole third and scored on a key pinch-hit fielder's choice by Chris Marks.
Both teams stranded runners in extra innings before Warrenton grabbed the lead with two runs in the ninth on a clutch, two-out, two-run single by Kevin Moore, scoring Gantenbein and Bubba Massey. Clatskanie answered though, in an ugly sequence in the bottom of the inning, taking advantage of an error, a walk and a hit batsmen to send two across the plate to extend the game.
In the tenth, it was Gantenbein stepping up again with a long double off the right centerfield fence to score Buddy Davis, who reached on his only hit of the day. Michael Moore walked a man but got the final out in the bottom of the inning to preserve the victory.
Adam Kallio took the loss in relief for the Tigers after coming out of the pen for the victory in game one. The unquestioned highlight of the day for Clatskanie came in the bottom of the sixth inning of the first game when K.C. Taylor launched a grand slam home run to break a 3-3 tie. The Tigers began the inning by putting a runner on board via Warrenton's sixth error of the game. Pitcher Dan Wolfe retired the next two batters before walking the dangerous Luke Meyer intentionally. Unfortunately, the next batter also worked an unintentional walk leading to Taylor's heroics. The Tiger junior also started on the mound, allowing three hits and two earned runs over a five inning stint. All seven runs charged to Wolfe were unearned.
"We never should have been in a position to pitch in that situation," said a frustrated Warrenton coach Lennie Wolfe, whose team also self-destructed defensively earlier in the season in a 2-1 loss to the Tigers, but had played nearly flawless defense since. "We didn't play very good defense today."
Bases on balls figured heavily into Warrenton's scoring in game one. Three walks and a hit batter forced in the first Warriors run in the first inning. Gantenbein and Massey walked ahead of Kevin Moore's 2-out RBI single in the fifth inning. The Warriors tied the game in the sixth on a 2-out double by Beau Torres followed by an RBI single by Wolfe, who went 1-for-3 with 2 RBI.
"We still have some prospects," said Coach Wolfe. "I'm not real happy with the defense, but I'm very pleased with our pitching. I'm also pleased with our ability to hang in and come back to salvage the split."
It will be a busy week for the Warriors, who will play nine games in nine days if the weather cooperates. Warrenton renews an old rivaly with a nonleague game at Knappa Monday at 3:30 p.m., before hosting a Tuesday doubleheader against Catlin Gabel when the throwback jerseys will be dusted off. The Warriors hope to be playing for first place on Friday when they host Rainier for a doubleheader. Saturday, Warrenton plays old nemesis Regis as the Rams take on the Warriors in a nonleague doubleheader at noon.
WARRENTON 1-0-0-0-1-1-0 3-5-6
CLATSKANIE 0-2-0-1-0-4-x 7-5-1
W-Kallio
L-Wolfe (6ip, 7r, 0er, 8k, 3bb)
2B-Torres. HR-Taylor.
WARRENTON 1-0-2-0-1-0-1 0-2-1 8-11-4
CLATSKANIE 1-0-2-0-2-0-0 0-2-0 7-7-6
W-M. Moore (2ip, h, 2r, 0er, 2k, 2bb)
L-Kallio
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