LOWER COLUMBIA 10'S 0-4 AT STATE
The Lower Columbia 10-year-old All-Stars got an up close and personal look at the West Linn baseball machine this weekend at the North Oregon Cal Ripken State Tournament.
Playing on West Linn's home field, the Clatsop-Pacific kids, a group formed from teams in Astoria, Lewis & Clark, Warrenton, Knappa, Long Beach and Naselle less than four weeks ago, faced not one, but two West Linn teams that have been sharpening their skills together for a period of four months!
West Linn's 10B squad whacked Lower Columbia 16-0 in a four inning pool play game Friday night. After a heartbreaking loss to Dallas in their final pool game, Lower Columbia met up against the A squad in the single elimination round and suffered another blowout, four inning loss to end its tournament run.
The final loss in bracket play was certainly inevitable, but the final pool play loss was a bitter pill to swallow. The Dallas team trailed Lower Columbia 5-3 with two outs in the sixth and final inning, but had the bases loaded with Lower Columbia one strike away from victory. The batter at the plate, 0-fer on the day, sent a 2-2 pitch over the wall for a walk-off grand slam, giving Dallas a 7-5 win.
"The kids never quit," said Lower Columbia head coach Nate Person. "They played hard. They were just outmatched a majority of the time."
According to Person, Josh Seguirant led Lower Columbia at the plate over the weekend, and played solid behind the plate as well. Courage Beatty gave the locals a strong effort on the mound and Fritz Fremstad pitched a scoreless inning in his first mound appearance of the summer. Cole Bergeson had a 2-RBI single against the West Linn A team and Ryker Helmerson provided good outfield defense.
Playing on West Linn's home field, the Clatsop-Pacific kids, a group formed from teams in Astoria, Lewis & Clark, Warrenton, Knappa, Long Beach and Naselle less than four weeks ago, faced not one, but two West Linn teams that have been sharpening their skills together for a period of four months!
West Linn's 10B squad whacked Lower Columbia 16-0 in a four inning pool play game Friday night. After a heartbreaking loss to Dallas in their final pool game, Lower Columbia met up against the A squad in the single elimination round and suffered another blowout, four inning loss to end its tournament run.
The final loss in bracket play was certainly inevitable, but the final pool play loss was a bitter pill to swallow. The Dallas team trailed Lower Columbia 5-3 with two outs in the sixth and final inning, but had the bases loaded with Lower Columbia one strike away from victory. The batter at the plate, 0-fer on the day, sent a 2-2 pitch over the wall for a walk-off grand slam, giving Dallas a 7-5 win.
"The kids never quit," said Lower Columbia head coach Nate Person. "They played hard. They were just outmatched a majority of the time."
According to Person, Josh Seguirant led Lower Columbia at the plate over the weekend, and played solid behind the plate as well. Courage Beatty gave the locals a strong effort on the mound and Fritz Fremstad pitched a scoreless inning in his first mound appearance of the summer. Cole Bergeson had a 2-RBI single against the West Linn A team and Ryker Helmerson provided good outfield defense.
posted by Matt Richert at 9:20 PM
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