Around the diamonds in Clatsop County
What started off as a sweet homer soon turned sour for the Astoria boys baseball team. On the softball pitch, the Seaside girls finished up an Arizona trip and the Astoria girls outlasted Banks in a dog fight. Here’s some diamond notes.
Naselle’s big inning spoils Astoria’s home opener The Astoria Fishermen were hoping to send their big crowd home happy on Monday afternoon. After spending the first two weeks of the season on the road, Astoria finally got to play at their home field, Tapiola Park. Taking on local Washington school Naselle, the Fishermen were hoping to jump start their season.
What looked to be a promising start turned sour as a big inning doomed Astoria. Astoria started fast as pitcher Dallas Norris threw two good innings to start the game. This was followed by the Fishermen getting the leadoff hitter on base via doubles and then bringing them around via sacrifice bunts and base hits.
Everything looked good through four innings — but the fifth inning is when everything changed. Naselle exploded for seven runs and ended up taking the game by a score of 9-4. Despite making five errors to Astoria’s one, Naselle tallied 10 total hits and worked six walks to take home the victory.
Sam Schacher, Archer Hawkins, Jack Johnson, Norris and Sam Mather had the five hits for Astoria during Monday’s game. Astoria returned to Tapiola Park for a Tuesday game against Yamhill Carlton and got blanked 5-0. The Fishermen mustered two hits against senior lefty Gus Brunner.