East wins 2 of 3 Games at Linfield June 6 &7

The annual All-Star Series for 3A, 2A, & 1A baseball will be played at Linfield College in McMinnville on June 7 and 8, 2008. There will be two 9-inning games, starting at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 7, followed by a single 9-inning game on Sunday, starting at 12:00 p.m.

(Updated with results and photos.)

Rosters for the West include:

PITCHERS

Michael Moore, Warrenton

Tyler Montgomery, Salem Academy

RJ Phillips, Kennedy

Korey Alexander, Santiam Christian

Gary Aho, Knappa

Tyler Richwine, Nestucca

ALTERNATES.

Lingo Diaz, Jefferson

Cody Millious, Dayton

Bret Stewart, Mohawk

CATCHERS

Jordan Lane, Salem Academy

Ryan Tuss, Regis

ALTERNATES.

Andy Sommerville, Corbett

Isaac McKinley, Country Christian

FIRST BASEMAN

Greg Thompson, PC

ALTERNATES.

Keith Armstrong, Lowell

Matt Russo, Valley Catholic

INFIELDERS

Grant Knowles, Santiam Christian

Jesse Renoude, Rainier

Tyson Nakasone, Horizon

Eric Tolleson, PC

ALTERNATES.

Dan Filipenko, Salem Academy

Adam Opoien, Monroe

Nick Conner, Colton

Trevoe Hess, Colton

OUTFIELDERS

Max Heil, Scio

Patrick Dempsey, Valley Catholic

Mike Davis, Warrenton

Charlie Sutton, Nestucca

ALTERNATES.

Michael Parkhurst, Santiam Christian

Luke Meyer, Clatskanie

UTILITY/DH

Dustin Webb, Alsea

ALTERNATES.

Lingo Diaz, Jefferson

Dan Filipenko, Salem Acad.

Rosters for the East include:

PITCHERS

Jeff Jackson, Glide

Kyle Fields, Glide

Darin Johnson, Vale

Tommy Ghost Dog, Burns

Casey Irving, Stanfield

Travis Ludwig, Elgin

ALTERNATE.

Kyle Perry, Oakland

CATCHERS

Jake Kennedy, Elgin

Keldon Martin, Grant Union

ALTERNATE.

Nick Thompson

FIRST BASEMAN

Jake Stevens, Myrtle Point

INFIELDERS

Jeremy Cheney, Cascade Christian

Matt Ellis, Stanfield

Kaden Titus, Union

Logan Farner, Burns

ALTERNATE.

Mitch McDonald, Gold Beach

OUTFIELDERS

Brock Halter, Glide

Drew Heinz, Burns

Andre Rauch, Heppner

G.D. Clark, Elgin

ALTERNATE.

Dakota Mathis, Oakland

UTILITY/DH

Garrett Brown, Vale

ALTERNATE.

Nick Thompson, Imbler

Tyler Tibbets, Dufur

Teams split Saturday games

In Saturday's games, the teams split, with the West winning the opener 8-6, while the East came from behind to claim the nightcap 2-1.

The West took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning when Scio's Max Heil advanced Horizon Christian's Tyler Nakasone to third, and Warrenton's Mike Davis' sacrifice sent Nakasone home.

The East answered in the third, when Myrtle Point's Jake Stevens tripled to score Kyle Fields of Glide, and scored himself on Vale's Darin Johnson's single to left.

Salem Academy's Tyler Montgomery opened the game on the mound for the West.

The East added two more runs in the fourth inning Glide's Jeff Jackson doubled, and subsequently scored, to be followed by Cascade Christian's Jeremy Cheney, as Fields delivered another RBI.

Glide's Jeff Jackson scores, putting the East ahead 3-1.

The West scored three runs in the fifth inning, as Heil's single drove in fellow Tri-River star Jordan Lane from Salem Academy. Portland Christian's Greg Thompson scored next, and Heil tied it on another Davis RBI.

Scio's Max Heil singles. Heil had an RBI and scored a run in the fifth inning for the West.

Warrenton's MIchael Moore took over on the mound for the West in the fifth inning, and got the win.

Rainier's Jesse Renoude drove in Portland Christian's Eric Tolleson, then scored himself due to an East error, one of four in the game, in the sixth inning, ane the West built the lead to 7-4 in the seventh inning, as Tolleson drove in Nestucca's Charlie Sutton.

The East rallied in the bottom of the eighth inning, as Burns' Drew Heinz opened the inning with a double to left center. Stanfield's Matt Ellis singled to advance Heinz, who scored on a sacrifice fly by Union's Kaden Titus. Burns' Logan Garner singled to score Ellis.

Burns' Drew Heinz crosses home plate, making the score 7-5 West.

With the tieing run on base, West Coach Adam Sarancik of Westside Christian turned to Kennedy's RJ Phillips. Phillips, who only arrived mid-game, due to graduation ceremonies, came in to "close" the game for the West, and got the West out of the inning with one pitch.

Kennedy's RJ Phillips came on in relief in the eighth inning, and got the save for the West.

Phillips then added an insurance run with an RBI double that drove in Sutton, and then proceeded to retire the East in the bottom of the ninth inning on only eight pitches to pick up the save, as the West won the opening game of the series 8-6.

Warrenton's Michael Moore, who took over for starter Tyler Montgomery of Salam Academy in the fifth inning, got the win. In all, the West hammered East pitching for 15 hits in the opener.

West 010 032 101 - 8 15 2

East 002 200 020 - 6 5 4

Tyler Montgomery, Michael Moore (W) (5), RJ Phillips (S) (8) & Jordan Lane, Andy Summerville (6); Jeff Jackson, Casey Irving (L) (6) & Keldon Martin, Jake Kennedy (6).

East Bounces Back in Nightcap

Nestucca's Tyler Richwine started the second game for the West, and threw 5 scoreless innings.

Vale's Darin Johnson started the second game for the East, and shut the West out for 6 innings.

Elgin's G.D. Clark looks at a strike.

Portland's Christian's Greg Thompson stretches for a putout, while fellow PC Royal Eric Tolleson covers.

Alsea's Dustin Webb walked, and reached third in the fourth inning, but was stranded there.

The nightcap was scoreless for six innings, though Heil was ruled out (controversially) attempting to steal home in the fifth, until Valley Catholic's Patrick Dempsey walked, stole second, and scored on Moore's RBI single to right field.

Valley Catholic's Patrick Dempsey stole second, and subsequently scored the first run of the nightcap.

Santiam Christian's Kory Alexander pitched the last 3 innings of the nightcap for the West.

Glide's Kyle Fields came on in relief in the 7th. inning for the East, and got the win.

The East answered in the bottom of the seventh, as Ellis was hit by a pitch, stole second, went to third when the throw on the steal went to center field, and scored to tie the game when Elgin's Jake Kennedy singled to right field.

Stanfield's Matt Ellis cruises into third for the East, and would score to tie the game 1-1.

Elgin's Jake Kennedy's RBI single tied the game.

Vale's Garrett Brown reached on a fielders' choice that erased Kennedy, advanced on a passed ball and a sacrifice, and put the East ahead for good on Glide's Kyle Fields' RBI single, the seventh of eight hits the East accumulated in the win.

Vale's Garrett Brown gets on base, which lead to his scoring the winning run for the East.

Salem Academy's Tyler Montgomery's grounder kicks up some Artificial Turf.

West 000 000 100 - 1 4 1

East 000 000 20x - 2 8 2

Tyler Richwine, Korey Alexander (L) (6) & Jordan Lane, Andy Sommerville (6); Darin Johnson, Kyle Fields (W) (7) & Keldon Martin, Jake Kennedy (6).

Grant Union's Keldon Martin puts the ball in play.

Sunday Matinee All East

On Sunday, the East took a quick 3-0 lead in the second inning, before the West could answer, scoring a single run in the bottom of the fourth inning. The East added a pair of runs in both the fifth and ninth innings to claim a 7-1 win, and take the series two games to one.

3A Player of the year Tommy Ghost Dog of Burns pitched the first six innings Sunday, and picked up the win. Heppner's Andre Rauch had the hit of the weekend, a 2 RBI triple in the East's three run second inning, in the Sunday afternoon game.

Burns' Tommy Ghost Dog, the 3A POY, pitched the win for the East Sunday, and was named the Outstanding Player of the series for the East.

East 030 020 002 - 7 10 0

West 000 100 000 - 1 8 2

Tommy Ghost Dog (W), Travis Ludwig (7) & Jake Kennedy; Gary Aho (L), Max Heil 5, Charlie Sutton (7), Tyson Nakasone (8), Patrick Dempsey (9) & Andy Summerville, Jordan Lane (5).

Afterwards, several special awards were handed out based on the weekend's action.

Outstanding Pitcher West: Tyler Richwine, Nestucca

Outstanding Pitcher East: Darin Johnson, Vale

Outstanding Player West: Gary Aho, Knappa

Outstanding Player East: Tommy Ghost Dog, Burns

Inspirational Player East: Jake Kennedy, Elgin

Inspirational Player West: Mike Davis, Warrenton

Series Outstanding Player: Tommy Ghost Dog, Burns

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