ASTORIA 14'S MOVE TO ELIMINATION ROUND
The Astoria 14-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars fell quickly into a hole against Pendleton and never recovered, falling 14-4 in five innings in their final pool play matchup at the North Oregon State Tournament in Hermiston.
Combined with a 6-2 loss to Tualatin Hills on Saturday, Astoria finished third in its group and will face second-seeded The Dalles today at 1:00 p.m. in the single elimination round of the tournament. Four teams will move on to Tuesday's semifinals and finals.
Pendleton put its first five batters on base with three scoring on a bases-clearing triple off Astoria starting pitcher John Fick, who was unable to record an out in the first. Jacob Davis came on to finish the first inning as Pendleton took a 5-0 lead. Davis would run into trouble in the second inning when Pendleton tacked on six more runs to take a commanding lead.
Astoria managed just one borderline hit when leadoff batter Tyler Norfleet cued a slow-moving ball to shortstop that never left the infield. Unsteady control by the Pendleton pitchers allowed the Astoria squad to plate four runs, with Alex Eterno reaching base twice on hit-by-pitches with two runs scored. Chase Banta walked twice and scored a run and Matt Noklevui reached on a base on balls and later scored.
"We got beat up physically and on the field, said Astoria head coach Rob Eterno, whose team may be without key player Trygve Olsen today after a bad hop grounder led to a badly swollen left eye, knocking him out in the first inning against Pendleton. Dylan Glover and Chance Banta are also nursing injuries suffered at the tournament.
"We had some bruises and bumps and stuff which, I guess, comes with the territory, but it doesn’t help."
Against Tualatin Hills Saturday, Astoria had a 2-0 lead in the third inning until a dropped ball in center field allowed Tualatin Valley to tie the score. The Beaverton-based team scored three runs in the fifth and another in the sixth on the way to a 6-2 victory.
Dylan Glover pitched all but one out for Astoria, as Tualatin Hills collected seven hits and took advantage of eight bases on balls.
Trygve Olsen two doubles and a run scored, Glover notched a hit and a run scored and Brandon Connor had Astoria's only other hit.
"It was a pretty close game and that dropped fly ball was a third out," said Eterno. "It kind of ouched us."
Snake River Valley Nationals and Tualatin Hills each finished first in their respective pools. SRV Nationals take on Tri-County at 4:00 p.m. today and Tualatin Hills takes on Union County at 7:00 p.m. The day starts with 2-seed Pendleton against 3-seed Hermiston at 10:00 a.m.
Combined with a 6-2 loss to Tualatin Hills on Saturday, Astoria finished third in its group and will face second-seeded The Dalles today at 1:00 p.m. in the single elimination round of the tournament. Four teams will move on to Tuesday's semifinals and finals.
Pendleton put its first five batters on base with three scoring on a bases-clearing triple off Astoria starting pitcher John Fick, who was unable to record an out in the first. Jacob Davis came on to finish the first inning as Pendleton took a 5-0 lead. Davis would run into trouble in the second inning when Pendleton tacked on six more runs to take a commanding lead.
Astoria managed just one borderline hit when leadoff batter Tyler Norfleet cued a slow-moving ball to shortstop that never left the infield. Unsteady control by the Pendleton pitchers allowed the Astoria squad to plate four runs, with Alex Eterno reaching base twice on hit-by-pitches with two runs scored. Chase Banta walked twice and scored a run and Matt Noklevui reached on a base on balls and later scored.
"We got beat up physically and on the field, said Astoria head coach Rob Eterno, whose team may be without key player Trygve Olsen today after a bad hop grounder led to a badly swollen left eye, knocking him out in the first inning against Pendleton. Dylan Glover and Chance Banta are also nursing injuries suffered at the tournament.
"We had some bruises and bumps and stuff which, I guess, comes with the territory, but it doesn’t help."
Against Tualatin Hills Saturday, Astoria had a 2-0 lead in the third inning until a dropped ball in center field allowed Tualatin Valley to tie the score. The Beaverton-based team scored three runs in the fifth and another in the sixth on the way to a 6-2 victory.
Dylan Glover pitched all but one out for Astoria, as Tualatin Hills collected seven hits and took advantage of eight bases on balls.
Trygve Olsen two doubles and a run scored, Glover notched a hit and a run scored and Brandon Connor had Astoria's only other hit.
"It was a pretty close game and that dropped fly ball was a third out," said Eterno. "It kind of ouched us."
Snake River Valley Nationals and Tualatin Hills each finished first in their respective pools. SRV Nationals take on Tri-County at 4:00 p.m. today and Tualatin Hills takes on Union County at 7:00 p.m. The day starts with 2-seed Pendleton against 3-seed Hermiston at 10:00 a.m.
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