ASTORIA 14'S FALL IN DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP
On a day when the sun scorched the Portland area, Astoria's bats never did catch fire.
Tualatin Hills limited Astoria to three hits in a 9-2 victory in the District 1 14-year-old Babe Ruth Championship at Walker Stadium. Both teams will advance to the North Oregon State Tournament in Hermiston next Friday.
It wasn't the heat so much as the glare which caused problems early for both teams when the sun was shining directly into the eyes of batters.
Tualatin Hills, the Beaverton-based Babe Ruth All-Stars, built a 4-0 lead before Astoria responded with two runs in the fourth inning. Trygve Olsen doubled and scored on a base hit by Dylan Glover. Glover came around to score on a Skylar Olson sacrifice fly to make it 4-2.
Tualatin Hills came right back with three runs to take a 7-2 lead, limiting Astoria to a single hit the rest of the way.
"We did not play terribly bad," said head coach Rob Eterno, "but we were not crisp like they were. "I think working on simple things in practice, like picking the ball up in the outfield and hitting the cutoff man, will help."
Glover pitched the first five innings and took the loss. John Fick finished the game on the mound for Astoria, which won three straight elimination games in the tournament to clinch a state berth after falling 16-6 to S.E. Portland in the opening game.
Tualatin Hills limited Astoria to three hits in a 9-2 victory in the District 1 14-year-old Babe Ruth Championship at Walker Stadium. Both teams will advance to the North Oregon State Tournament in Hermiston next Friday.
It wasn't the heat so much as the glare which caused problems early for both teams when the sun was shining directly into the eyes of batters.
Tualatin Hills, the Beaverton-based Babe Ruth All-Stars, built a 4-0 lead before Astoria responded with two runs in the fourth inning. Trygve Olsen doubled and scored on a base hit by Dylan Glover. Glover came around to score on a Skylar Olson sacrifice fly to make it 4-2.
Tualatin Hills came right back with three runs to take a 7-2 lead, limiting Astoria to a single hit the rest of the way.
"We did not play terribly bad," said head coach Rob Eterno, "but we were not crisp like they were. "I think working on simple things in practice, like picking the ball up in the outfield and hitting the cutoff man, will help."
Glover pitched the first five innings and took the loss. John Fick finished the game on the mound for Astoria, which won three straight elimination games in the tournament to clinch a state berth after falling 16-6 to S.E. Portland in the opening game.
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