ASTORIA 13'S TAKE THIRD AT STATE
The Astoria 13-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars won their final game at the North Oregon State Tournament on Sunday, defeating Tri-County in the consolation finals to take home the third place trophy.
The 13-year-old group, which did not have its own prep developmental league this season resulting in several players languishing on the bench behind 14 and 15-year-olds during the regular season, went 4-2 overall at the tournament in Portland, which began on Thursday after a Wednesday rainout. Astoria's only losses were to the teams that met in the championship game Sunday night.
"Everybody really matured during this tournament," said Astoria head coach Pat Harber. "They played very well."
After winning their opening pool play game, Astoria split a pair of games on Friday, falling to eventual champion Pendleton 18-0 before coming back to defeat Tri-County 8-1.
One bad inning cost Astoria against Pendleton as a 2-0 deficit turned into a rout in the fourth inning when Pendleton lit up the scoreboard for 16 runs. Pendleton dominated the tournament, shutting out every team until the finals where they defeated Snake River Valley Nationals 10-2.
Taking the number two seed to the single elimination round on Saturday, Astoria defeated Harney/Grant 7-3 in an early morning matchup. Conor Harber got the start on the mound and after allowing two runs to the Burns-based team in the first inning, evened the score with a 2-run double in the bottom of the inning
In the third inning, Harber walked ahead of Dalton Kelly, who belted a 2-run home run to left field to put Astoria ahead to stay. Astoria tacked on three more runs in top of seventh to secure the win.
Harber pitched four innings, holding Harney/Grant scoreless after the first inning to earn the win. Lucas Foster allowed one run over the final three innings to earn the save.
Needing to rest their top pitchers, Astoria went with Kelly on the mound in Sunday's morning semifinal matchup against Elks-Snake River Valley Nationals.
"He didn’t go that far, unfortunately," said Harber.
The Ontario-based team scored two runs in the first inning, added five in the second and three more in the third inning to take a 10-0 lead. But Astoria did not fold.
"We put some pressure on them," said Harber. "We started hitting the ball."
Down 10-0 going into top of fourth inning, Astoria's offense got rolling. Harber doubled and scored on a Kelly single. Kelly's shot to the wall looked like an extra base hit, but SRV apparently saw the power hitting Knappa natives home run against Harney/Grant and had him played deep. Kelly was thrown out at second base trying to leg out a double. Astoria would add a 2-out tally after back-to-back walks to Dylan Garcia and Dylan Krizan when Evan Cain hit an RBI sinlge to cut the lead to 10-2
In the top of fifth inning, Ryan Tapio singled with one out and scored on a Harber base hit. After the speedy Astoria native swiped second, Harber scored on Kelly's single. Kelly later crossed the plate when Krizan's grounder back to the mound was mishandled for an error.
With a ballgame on their hands all of a sudden, SRV responded with a run in its half of the fifth and added another in the sixth. Harber walked and scored his third run on a Dylan Garcia groundout to account for the final score.
"SRV is a pretty good team," said Coach Harber. "They play good sound fundamental ball, they jumped on us early and its pretty tough to come back. The pitcher we started just didn’t have his stuff. His arm’s been hurting."
Ryan Johnson went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in and Dalton Kelly drove in a pair of runs with two hits as the Astoria 13-year-old All-Stars defeated Tri-County 8-3 in the consolation final.
Conor Harber allowed three runs over five innings pitched to pick up the victory against Tri-County Sunday afternoon. Astoria never trailed, building a 5-0 lead after two innings.
"The guys really seemed to gel after districts," said Coach Harber. "This tournament, with the exception of Pendleton, who seemed to be blowing everyone out, we were competitive with every team."
"We had excellent defense, excellent pitching and our bats came alive."
The 13-year-old group, which did not have its own prep developmental league this season resulting in several players languishing on the bench behind 14 and 15-year-olds during the regular season, went 4-2 overall at the tournament in Portland, which began on Thursday after a Wednesday rainout. Astoria's only losses were to the teams that met in the championship game Sunday night.
"Everybody really matured during this tournament," said Astoria head coach Pat Harber. "They played very well."
After winning their opening pool play game, Astoria split a pair of games on Friday, falling to eventual champion Pendleton 18-0 before coming back to defeat Tri-County 8-1.
One bad inning cost Astoria against Pendleton as a 2-0 deficit turned into a rout in the fourth inning when Pendleton lit up the scoreboard for 16 runs. Pendleton dominated the tournament, shutting out every team until the finals where they defeated Snake River Valley Nationals 10-2.
Taking the number two seed to the single elimination round on Saturday, Astoria defeated Harney/Grant 7-3 in an early morning matchup. Conor Harber got the start on the mound and after allowing two runs to the Burns-based team in the first inning, evened the score with a 2-run double in the bottom of the inning
In the third inning, Harber walked ahead of Dalton Kelly, who belted a 2-run home run to left field to put Astoria ahead to stay. Astoria tacked on three more runs in top of seventh to secure the win.
Harber pitched four innings, holding Harney/Grant scoreless after the first inning to earn the win. Lucas Foster allowed one run over the final three innings to earn the save.
Needing to rest their top pitchers, Astoria went with Kelly on the mound in Sunday's morning semifinal matchup against Elks-Snake River Valley Nationals.
"He didn’t go that far, unfortunately," said Harber.
The Ontario-based team scored two runs in the first inning, added five in the second and three more in the third inning to take a 10-0 lead. But Astoria did not fold.
"We put some pressure on them," said Harber. "We started hitting the ball."
Down 10-0 going into top of fourth inning, Astoria's offense got rolling. Harber doubled and scored on a Kelly single. Kelly's shot to the wall looked like an extra base hit, but SRV apparently saw the power hitting Knappa natives home run against Harney/Grant and had him played deep. Kelly was thrown out at second base trying to leg out a double. Astoria would add a 2-out tally after back-to-back walks to Dylan Garcia and Dylan Krizan when Evan Cain hit an RBI sinlge to cut the lead to 10-2
In the top of fifth inning, Ryan Tapio singled with one out and scored on a Harber base hit. After the speedy Astoria native swiped second, Harber scored on Kelly's single. Kelly later crossed the plate when Krizan's grounder back to the mound was mishandled for an error.
With a ballgame on their hands all of a sudden, SRV responded with a run in its half of the fifth and added another in the sixth. Harber walked and scored his third run on a Dylan Garcia groundout to account for the final score.
"SRV is a pretty good team," said Coach Harber. "They play good sound fundamental ball, they jumped on us early and its pretty tough to come back. The pitcher we started just didn’t have his stuff. His arm’s been hurting."
Ryan Johnson went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in and Dalton Kelly drove in a pair of runs with two hits as the Astoria 13-year-old All-Stars defeated Tri-County 8-3 in the consolation final.
Conor Harber allowed three runs over five innings pitched to pick up the victory against Tri-County Sunday afternoon. Astoria never trailed, building a 5-0 lead after two innings.
"The guys really seemed to gel after districts," said Coach Harber. "This tournament, with the exception of Pendleton, who seemed to be blowing everyone out, we were competitive with every team."
"We had excellent defense, excellent pitching and our bats came alive."
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