CHAMPIONS AGAIN!
Mason Brause's 2-out, 2-run single broke a 2-all tie in the fifth inning and Astoria held on to defeat West Albany 4-3 to win the Oregon Junior Baseball Association Division I championship for the second consecutive summer.
Brause went 2-for-3 with three runs batted in, contributing another 2-out RBI hit to put Astoria on the board in the first inning. Jordan Poyer contributed an RBI hit in the third as all of Astoria's runs came with two outs.
West Albany tied the game with two runs in the fourth inning, but left the potential go-ahead runs at second and third as Astoria came right back in its next at bat.
With one out, Tom Jaworski and Hans Lund hit back-to-back singles, moved up on Jordan Poyer's groundout to the right side then scored when Brause whistled a line drive up the middle through West Albany's drawn-in infield.
After plunking to batters on successive pitches in the fourth, both of whom came around to score, starting pitcher Hans Lund surrendered an RBI double to Jeremy Burright in the bottom of the fifth to pull West Albany to within one. With two outs, Jaworski handled a tough hop off the cut of the grass at short and threw out the batter, with Brause digging out a low throw to keep the tying run off the board.
Lund pitched a 1-2-3 sixth inning before Poyer came on to retired the side in order with two strikeouts to notch the save. Lund also went 2-for-3 at the plate with a pair of runs scored.
Poyer also recorded two victories on the mound at the tournament, pitching Astoria to a pair of 5-inning, 10-0 shutout wins over Sprague in the opener and North Salem in the semifinals. The Fishermen also shut out North Marion 7-0 in the quarterfinals, behind Daniel Mathre's 2-hit complete game performance.
In the semifinal win, Marcus Brown and Dane Lund each went 2-for-3 with two RBI's, while Max Johnson went 3-for-3 with a double and one run batted in. Johnson and Lund, key members of Astoria's 13-15-year-old Babe Ruth All-Star team, also came up big in the quarterfinal round win over North Marion with three runs batted in each. Johnson had a double and a triple in successive at bats, while Lund went 2-for-3. Neither player participated in the championship game to be at the opening ceremonies of the Pacific Northwest Regional Babe Ruth Tournament at Astoria.
The Fishermen did not allow a run or commit an error at the tournament until the fourth inning of the championship game.
ASTORIA 1-0-1-0-2-0-0 4-7-2
W.ALBANY 0-0-0-2-1-0-0 3-3-1
W-Lund (6ip, 3r, 3er, 3h, 3k, 2bb, 2hp)
L-Boone
S-Poyer (1ip, 0h, 2k)
2B-Burright
Brause went 2-for-3 with three runs batted in, contributing another 2-out RBI hit to put Astoria on the board in the first inning. Jordan Poyer contributed an RBI hit in the third as all of Astoria's runs came with two outs.
West Albany tied the game with two runs in the fourth inning, but left the potential go-ahead runs at second and third as Astoria came right back in its next at bat.
With one out, Tom Jaworski and Hans Lund hit back-to-back singles, moved up on Jordan Poyer's groundout to the right side then scored when Brause whistled a line drive up the middle through West Albany's drawn-in infield.
After plunking to batters on successive pitches in the fourth, both of whom came around to score, starting pitcher Hans Lund surrendered an RBI double to Jeremy Burright in the bottom of the fifth to pull West Albany to within one. With two outs, Jaworski handled a tough hop off the cut of the grass at short and threw out the batter, with Brause digging out a low throw to keep the tying run off the board.
Lund pitched a 1-2-3 sixth inning before Poyer came on to retired the side in order with two strikeouts to notch the save. Lund also went 2-for-3 at the plate with a pair of runs scored.
Poyer also recorded two victories on the mound at the tournament, pitching Astoria to a pair of 5-inning, 10-0 shutout wins over Sprague in the opener and North Salem in the semifinals. The Fishermen also shut out North Marion 7-0 in the quarterfinals, behind Daniel Mathre's 2-hit complete game performance.
In the semifinal win, Marcus Brown and Dane Lund each went 2-for-3 with two RBI's, while Max Johnson went 3-for-3 with a double and one run batted in. Johnson and Lund, key members of Astoria's 13-15-year-old Babe Ruth All-Star team, also came up big in the quarterfinal round win over North Marion with three runs batted in each. Johnson had a double and a triple in successive at bats, while Lund went 2-for-3. Neither player participated in the championship game to be at the opening ceremonies of the Pacific Northwest Regional Babe Ruth Tournament at Astoria.
The Fishermen did not allow a run or commit an error at the tournament until the fourth inning of the championship game.
ASTORIA 1-0-1-0-2-0-0 4-7-2
W.ALBANY 0-0-0-2-1-0-0 3-3-1
W-Lund (6ip, 3r, 3er, 3h, 3k, 2bb, 2hp)
L-Boone
S-Poyer (1ip, 0h, 2k)
2B-Burright
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