Kendall leads Ashland to rout of Eagle Point

April 15, 2009
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EAGLE POINT — Ian Kendall stymied Eagle Point on two hits and contributed an RBI single in a five-run fourth inning as Ashland defeated Eagle Point 12-1 in five innings in Southern Sky Conference baseball Tuesday.

Kendall mixed his pitches well and kept the ball down, allowing only fourth-inning singles to Brandon Hauser and Tyson Brownlee. He struck out 10 and walked two.

Lewis Sebrell was 2-for-2 and hit a three-run home run as the Grizzlies (7-3, 3-1 SSC) took a 7-1 lead with five runs in the fourth. The two-out blast came after an error on an infield grounder. Nick Hall, who reached on the error, and Hayden Miller, who singled, scored ahead of Sebrell.

Garrett Tygerson then doubled and scored on Kendall's single.

Ashland put it away with five runs in the fifth.

Garrett Davis scored the run for the Eagles (5-7, 2-2) in the first on a walk, an error and two stolen bases.

Ashland 200 55 — 12 6 1

Eagle Point 100 00 — 1 2 4

Kendall and L. Sebrell; Smith, Tuttle (5) and Hodgkins. W — Kendall. L — Smith (1-3). 2B — A: Tygerson. HR — A: L. Sebrell.

Southwest Conference

SHELDON 10, GRANTS PASS 1 — At Grants Pass, Grants Pass could only muster up three hits and one run in dropping the Southwest Conference opener.

Landon Frost was 2-for-3 with a double for Sheldon, who got six strong innings from pitcher Zach Kayser.

Brandon Drury had a double to pace the Cavemen (1-12, 0-1 SWC).

Sheldon 101 053 0 — 10 12 1

Grants Pass 000 001 0 — 1 3 2

Kayser, Steele (7) and Davis; Barrett, Spencer (5) and Brown. W — Kayser. L — Barrett (2-1). 2B — S: Frost, Fauria, Manley; GP: Drury.

Skyline Conference

HIDDEN VALLEY 20, NORTH VALLEY 1, 5 inn. — At Merlin, Hidden Valley junior Taylor Bars went 2-for-2 with a double and a triple to lead the Mustangs to the Skyline Conference win.

Bars also earned the win on the mound for Hidden Valley (11-3, 3-0 Skyline) striking out seven and allowing only three hits in five innings.

Sophomore Cody Albertson blasted a grand slam in the fourth for the Mustangs.

Hidden Valley 001 (10)9 — 20 16 1

North Valley 000 1x — 1 3 1

Bars and Sager; Shippy, Werner (4), Weisbart (5), Necklotz (5) and Austin. W — Bars. L — Shippy. 2B — HV: Hayden, Aamatti, Bars. 3B — Bars. HR — HV: Albertson.

HENLEY 12, ILLINOIS VALLEY 2, 5 inn. — At Klamath Falls, Ethan Pace had a triple and two doubles and John Cullen homered to lead Henley in the Skyline game.

Illinois Valley 110 00 — 2 5 2

Henley 510 06 — 12 11 1

Paulson, McLaughlin (2), Carlton (5) and Kendall; North and Hankins. W — North. L — Paulson. 2B — IV: Kendall; H: Pace 2, Bigby. 3B — H: Pace, Fernlund. HR — Cullen.

Sunset League

ROGUE RIVER 9, GLIDE 2 — At Rogue River, Rogue River's Craig Lee and Kelly White each belted two-run doubles in the second inning to propel the Chieftains to Sunset League victory.

Jon Garcia added a two-run double in the fourth for the Chieftains (9-5, 4-0 Sunset), while Christian Reyes went 3-for-4.

Glide 200 000 0 — 2 6 1

Rogue River 240 300 x — 9 8 1

Hissong, Rose (4) Belloir (6) and Rowe; Taylor, Reyes (7) and Garwood. W — Taylor (3-2). L — Hissong. 2B — G: Hissong, Thompson; RR: Lee, White, Garcia.

District 5

LAKEVIEW 9, ST. MARY'S 8 — At Lakeview, Lakeview scored eight runs in the first two innings, then held on in the District 5 matchup.

Brad Herrman slugged a grand slam in the sixth to pull the Crusaders within one run.

St. Mary's 031 004 0 — 8 7 1

Lakeview 440 010 x — 9 7 2

Schrader, Brimble (4), Herrman (6) and Hoffman; Clemens, Swartzlender (3), Murphy (5) and Kamp. W — Clemens. L — Schrader (2-2). 3B — L: Merdinez. HR — SM: Herrman.

Nonconference

BUTTE FALLS 5, PHOENIX JV 3 — At Butte Falls, Codey Myers hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the fifth and Butte Falls (2-9, 1-4 District 5) avenged two earlier losses against the Phoenix JV team in a nonconference game.

Myers was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and also earned his first win of the season on the mound. Josh Sutfin was 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Loggers, who previously lost to Phoenix JV by scores of 17-1 and 14-4.

Phoenix JV 030 000 0 — 3 9 0

Butte Falls 102 020 x — 5 8 0

Ortiz and Alberta; Myers, Adams (6) and Casillas, Myers (6). W — Myers (1-4). L — Ortiz. 2B — BF: Myers.