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With Levi Fletcher on the mound for Abby's,
the Tigers score a 7-2 win Thursday at home |
By B. Scott Anderson, Newberg
Graphic sports editor
E-mail Scott at banderson@eaglenewspapers.com
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Levi Fletcher pitched a three-hit
complete game and the Abby’s American Legion AAA baseball team used
10 hits to score a 7-2 victory against McMinnville.
“We did a lot of things really well and that’s really positive,”
Abby’s coach Frank Baumholtz said. “(Fletcher) threw outstanding. He
had really good stuff, we hit the ball well and were aggressive on
the bases.”
After Abby’s scored a run in the bottom of the first, the Tigers
broke open the game in the second with five runs. Spencer Hales hit
an RBI double to center field and later scored on a wild pitch by
McMinnville pitcher Alex Kilmer. With Abby’s ahead 3-0, Nick
Reynolds delivered a sharp liner for an RBI double down the third
base line. Brett Case capped the inning with a two-RBI single up the
middle to give Abby’s a commanding 6-0 lead.
“As soon
as he hit that ball, I turned around to one of our coaches and told
him that in spring ball we didn’t get that hit,” Baumholtz said. “We
didn’t get that timely hit. We pitched, played defense and got hits
at times, but just didn’t get it when we needed it. ... We’ve been
doing things in pockets, but we’re getting over the hump by putting
all the little things together.”
With Abby’s first win of the season, Baumholtz said a win like
Thursday’s could turn the tide of the Tigers. Most of the players on
the team were also on the Newberg High School varsity baseball team,
also coached by Baumholtz, that finished with an overall record of
7-19 and in last place in the Pacific Conference (3-12).
“All along, we’ve been talking about it being about pitching,
playing defense and getting timely hits, but we were losing the one-
and two-run ballgames,” Baumholtz said. “We kept telling them we’re
right there and just need to put all the pieces together.”
Abby’s fell 7-6 at Grant in the opening game of the season and a
4-3 loss at Aloha. The Tigers seemed one play away from winning both
games.
“We had all the right pieces put together tonight to show them that
that’s it right there,” Baumholtz said. “Tonight is supposed to be
how it is every day and we haven’t had an opportunity to experience
that because of our inconsistency.”
Matt Twenge went 3 for 3 in the win over McMinnville. Case was 3
for 4 with a pair of RBI. Reynolds also added two hits for the
Tigers.
On Wednesday, the Tigers pounded out 13 hits — nine of them doubles
— but the squad fell 11-9 at home to Canby.
“We just hit the heck out of the ball,” Baumholtz said.
Case led Abby’s by going 3 for 4 with three RBI. Fletcher batted 3
for 4 with two RBI and Trent Boston was 2 for 2 with an RBI.
Reynolds added an RBI double in the sixth. Evan Windsor and Tyler
Church also both had an RBI double for Abby’s.
Mitchell Sturdevant went four innings on the mound for Abby’s and
gave up seven hits and a walk. Twenge pitched two relief innings and
struck out one and gave up two hits and two walks before Boston
pitched the seventh and struck out one and gave up a walk.
The Tigers return to action today (Saturday) with an 11 a.m.
double-header at Glencoe. The first game is a league contest; the
second game is not. |
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From
June 9, 2007, Newberg Graphic
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