Eagle Point outduels Crater in SSC contest

April 17, 2009
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EAGLE POINT — Wade McCready shook off misfortune and Brian Smith was collected under pressure.

That combination was vital in Eagle Point's 6-5 victory over Southern Sky Conference baseball foe Crater in a wild, back-and-forth contest on Thursday.

McCready and Smith both escaped bases-loaded jams on the mound, and Derek Tuttle delivered what turned out to be the game-winning hit in the sixth inning for Eagle Point (6-7, 3-2 SSC).

With the Eagles clinging to the one-run lead, Smith relieved McCready in the seventh with the bases loaded and one out. Smith promptly struck out Crater's Derek Cartwright and Corey Wynant to end the game.

McCready did his best work in the third inning, though Crater (7-6, 2-1 SSC) still managed three runs. He walked Bryce Crawford to start the inning, and Crawford scored on an overthrow at first when Craig Kathol laid down a bunt. Bruce Sanford then drove in Kathol with a double — one pitch after Eagle Point dropped a pop-up in foul territory. Andrew Tracy followed with a single and McCready walked the next two batters to force in the third run of the inning.

But McCready forced a fly out and a ground out to end the inning.

Eagle Point regained the lead with three runs in the fifth, the key hit being Tim Zomerdyk's two-run single.

Crater tied the game in the sixth when Wynant led off with a double and eventually scored on a wild pitch.

Tuttle put Eagle Point in front for good in the sixth with a line-drive single to right field that scored Dwight McLaughlin, though Deric Allen was gunned down at home to end the inning.

The Comets opened the contest with a home run from Crawford, the leadoff hitter. He sent a 2-2 fastball over the left-field fence.

Eagle Point responded with two runs in the second with Allen plating both on a two-out double to left-center field.

Allen was 3-for-3 with two RBIs and one run scored. Garrett Davis and Tuttle were both 2-for-3 with one run scored. Tuttle had one RBI.

McCready pitched 61/3 innings with five strikeouts and five walks. The junior was tagged for three earned runs and has now allowed just five total runs in his last 31 innings.

The Comets have lost four straight.

Crater 103 001 0 — 5 7 2

Eagle Point 020 031 x — 6 8 2

Morgan, Sanford (6) and Kathol; McCready, Smith (7) and Hodgkins. W — McCready (4-0). L — Sanford. 2B — C: Sanford, Wynant; EP: Allen. HR — C: Crawford.

PHOENIX 12, CASCADE CHRISTIAN 2 — At Talent, Kyle Treadway and Skyler Reagan provided the offensive spark for Phoenix (10-4) in the six-inning, nonconference victory at Hagler-James Park.

Treadway went 4-for-4 with three RBIs and Reagan was 3-for-3 with four stolen bases and scored three runs.

Reagan's infield single scored Kasy Locken from third for the game-ending run.

For Cascade Christian (7-4), freshman Jake Miller collected two of the Challengers four hits.

Cascade Christian 001 100 — 2 4 3

Phoenix 323 13 — 12 13 1

Litton, Artale (5) and Spence; Kaufman, Ralls (3), Bohn (4), Treadway (5) and Davis. W — Kaufman (2-2). L — Litton. 2B — CC: Miller; P: Reagan, Florey, Treadway, Locken.

DAYS CREEK 15, BUTTE FALLS 9 — At Butte Falls, Days Creek scores four runs in the seventh inning to pull away in the nonconference game.

Codey Myers was 4-for-4 and Josh McGonagle was 2-for-2 for the Loggers (2-9). Quinten Weaver scored three runs.

Days Creek 005 132 4 — 15 19 1

Butte Falls 330 102 0 — 9 14 4

Not available; Adams, Sutfin (4), Dunham (6), Weaver (7) and Myers. L — Sutfin (0-1). 2B — BF: Sutfin, Ellis. 3B — BF: Dunham.

Softball

SOUTH MEDFORD 3, EAGLE POINT 1 — South Medford senior pitcher Dominique Newman retired the final 12 batters to preserve a two-run lead at U.S. Cellular Community Park.

Eagle Point (6-8) got an unearned run in the first when Jenny Fernandes reached on an error and Chloe Hansen delivered an RBI double down the left-field line.

South Medford (5-7) answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning. Camille Smith drew a one-out walk and senior shortstop Shyanne Jones got on base on an error. Freshman Samantha Owirka followed with an RBI double and Mallory Tacdol provided a run-scoring single.

In the third, Jones singled and eventually scored on a fielder's choice by Whitney James.

Eagle Point 100 000 0 — 1 3 3

South Medford 201 000 0 — 3 5 1

Hansen, Stephens (4) and McCready; Newman and Equitz. W — Newman (3-6). L — Hansen. 2B — EP: Hansen; SM: Owirka.

GOLD BEACH 13, ILLINOIS VALLEY 4 — At Gold Beach, Class 3A No. 3-ranked Gold Beach capitalized on seven errors by Illinois Valley (2-8).

Cindy Moore had two hits and two RBIs for Class 4A Illinois Valley. Moore had a two-run double in the fifth inning.

Illinois Valley 000 040 0 — 4 6 7

Gold Beach 305 041 x — 13 10 2

Huntamer, Brummett (5) and Lloyd; Hockema, Marstall (4) and Walling. W — Hockema. L — Huntamer (0-3). 2B — IV: Moore; GB: Walling 2. HR: GB: Hockema

BUTTE FALLS 10, DAYS CREEK 9 — At Prospect, Cheyenna Kirkpatrick drove in the winning run for Butte Falls with a single in the eighth to earn the nonconference win.

Beth Sutfin hit a triple with two outs for Butte Falls before Kirkpatrick's winning hit.

Sutfin went 3-for-5 with four RBIs while freshman Mariah Moore went 5-for-6 with a triple.

Aarika Stephens came on in relief in the fifth and pitched three scoreless innings.

Days Creek 040 050 00 — 9 8 1

Butte Falls 102 220 21 — 10 16 2

Pritchet, Ramos (4) and Kokos, Walters; Sutfin, Stephens (5) and Givens. W — Stephens (3-2). L — Ramos. 2B — DC: Kokos. 3B — BF: Sutfin, Moore.