Comets come up short in Easter tournament

April 08, 2009
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FRESNO, Calif. — Christian Massey wielded a hot bat, but it wasn't enough to lead ninth-ranked Crater as the Comets dropped a pair of games Tuesday in the 40th annual Easter Baseball Classic.

Crater dropped to 1-2 in the 30-team tournament by virtue of a 3-1 loss to Woodside (Calif.) and then a 13-8 loss to Lemoore (Calif.).

Massey was 2-for-3 and singled in Haden Bighouse in the first inning against Woodside for Crater's lone run. The Comets (7-4) managed only four hits overall in the game, with Bryce Crawford adding a double.

Massey added a solo home run against Lemoore to finish 2-for-5 with two runs and one RBI, while Andrew Tracy was 2-for-4.

Crater returns to face tournament-favorite Clovis West at 10 a.m. today.

Woodside (Calif.) 000 021 0 — 3 8 1

Crater 100 000 0 — 1 4 1

Sanchez and York; Sanford and Kathol. W — Sanchez. L — Sanford (1-1). 2B — C: Crawford.

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Crater 002 141 0 — 8 9 4

Lemoore (Calif.) 002 353 x — 13 12 2

Morgan, Zelecki (5) and Fahndrich; Symonds, Groathouse (5), Willett (6) and Broaddus. W — Willett. L — Morgan (3-1). 2B — C: Tracy. L: Loper 2, Brewster. 3B — C: Massey. HR — C: Massey (2).

GRANTS PASS 11, EAGLE POINT 2 — At Grants Pass, a pair of five-run surges by host Grants Pass in the fifth and sixth innings put the nonleague game out of reach for Eagle Point.

Tyler Spencer connected for a three-run homer in the fifth to spark the rally for the Cavemen (8-4).

Ryan Miller and Brandon Drury each had an RBI for Grants Pass.

Eagle Point 002 000 0 — 2 6 1

Grants Pass 100 055 x — 11 9 0

McCready, Zomerdyk (4), McLaughlin (6), Tuttle (6) and Hodgkins; Barrett and Brown. W — Barrett. L — Zomerdyk. 2B — GP: Miller, Drury, Vasquez. 3B — GP: Spencer. HR — GP: Spencer.

ROSEBURG 3, WEST SALEM 2 — At Salem, Jordan Guthrie drove in two runs, and Matt Thomson pitched a four-hitter with seven strikeouts and one earned run for Roseburg (6-2).

Roseburg 102 000 0 — 3 6 1

West Salem 001 010 0 — 2 4 1

Thomson and Guthrie; Labath, Schlegal (6), Bucheit (7) and Rice. W — Thomson (3-0). L — Labath. 2B — R: Huff, Priestley, Bullock. WS: Roscoe.

Southern Sky Conference

MAZAMA 4, KLAMATH UNION 3 — At Klamath Falls, Mazama used three first-inning runs to set the tone and added another run in the fifth to clinch the Southern Sky Conference win.

Mazama's Paul Smith held the Pelicans (5-2, 0-1 SSC) to five hits after coming on in relief of Gage Beckman in the fourth.

Aaron Bocchi had two RBIs and Beau Howard added an RBI for Mazama (6-4, 1-0 SSC).

Seth Brown drove in two runs and joined Mason Aspera and Alex Stork in hitting a double for Klamath Union.

Mazama 300 010 0 — 4 3 1

Klamath Union 101 100 0 — 3 5 3

Beckman, Smith (4) and Reinhard; Brown, White (7) and White, Stork (7). W — Smith. L — Brown. 2B — KU: Brown, Aspera, Stork.

Sunset League

CASCADE CHRISTIAN 7, BANDON 3 — At Bandon, Colton Cochran pitched a five-hitter with six strikeouts and Garrett Banks had three hits and an RBI for Cascade Christian.

The Challengers (6-3, 2-0 Sunset) scored four runs in the seventh inning on just two hits. The hits were a leadoff double by Steven Spence and Jacob Miller's RBI infield single.

Spence had two hits.

Cascade Christian 002 100 4 — 7 11 6

Bandon 101 000 1 — 3 5 2

Cochran and Spence; Jackson and Helland. W — Cochran (3-0). L — Jackson. 2B — CC: Spence; B: Robinett.

ROGUE RIVER 5, MYRTLE POINT 4 — At Rogue River, Christian Reyes allowed one hit and no walks in 42/3 innings of relief, and freshman Michael Freitas drove in the eventual game-winner in the fifth for Rogue River (7-5, 2-0 Sunset).

Freitas hit a two-out, RBI single to right field to break a 4-4 tie. He was 2-for-2 with two RBIs. Brendan Schoner was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.

Reyes struck out four to improve to 3-2.

Myrtle Point 310 000 0 — 4 6 1

Rogue River 000 410 x — 5 7 3

Burris, Canaday (4) and Canaday, Davis (4); Surmak, Reyes (3) and Garwood. W — Reyes (3-2). L — Burris. 2B — MP: Davis, Burris; RR: Schoner, Garcia.

District 5

BONANZA 9, ST. MARY'S 1 — St. Mary's gave up 16 hits in the District 5 home game.

Austin Schrader went 2-for-2 with a double for the Crusaders (1-5, 1-1). Schrader scored their only run in the first on a single from Brad Herman.

Bonanza 405 000 0 — 9 16 2

St. Mary's 100 000 0 — 1 4 1

Blanton and Shanahan; Brimble, Schrader (4), Herrman (7) and Hoffman. W — Blanton. L — Brimble (0-2). 2B — SM: Schrader.