Around the diamond in Clatsop County
The Seaside boys baseball team looked to continue soaring to start the season, a new-look Warrenton team took the field the first time, the Knappa boys got hammered and Astoria’s baseball team debuted. Elsewhere, Astoria softball’s new pitcher threw another gem. Astoria softball grinds out a win Sometimes all it takes is a little scrappiness and patience.
This was true for Astoria’s softball team Friday afternoon at CMH Field. Facing one of the best returning pitchers in the state, the Astoria girls were only able to muster one hit, but still found a way to win the game behind their championship experience and great pitcher. The Astoria girls are playing a murder-row schedule from start to finish this season.
It started off with an always good Yamhill team last Wednesday, then continued with 4A Gladstone and hard throwing pitcher Ashlynee Franssen. After scoring just one run against Yamhill, it was clear the Fishermen were going to struggle to put anything on the board Friday night. Though the Fishermen are used to facing elite pitching due to playing Scappoose and St.
Helens multiple times a year, Franssen seemed to give them more trouble than most. The junior returned as one of the top pitchers in the state and showed why on Friday. Franssen struck out the first nine hitters she faced and pretty much just threw fastballs right down the middle that the Fishermen were not able to catch up to.
But every step of the way she was matched by Astoria’s new ace, Taryen Wray. In fact, Wray struck out eight of the first nine batters she faced on Friday. The game had all the makings of a pitchers’ duel.
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