Gazette-Times


Softball

Sami Keim scored on a wild pitch to lift Corvallis High to a 5-4 victory over conference-leader Silverton on Tuesday in a Mid-Willamette Conference softball game.

The Spartans (12-11, 12-7) are locked in a battle for the fourth and final state playoff berth from the MWC. They must finish ahead of Lebanon to get in.

In the seventh, Keim reached base on a one-out single, moved to second on a passed ball and then scampered to third on Hayley Appelman’s single. Appelman stole second, but Silverton threatened to send the game to extra-innings with a strike out and had Catherine Lee down 0-2.

“She fouled off several pitches. I trust Catherine, but I was hoping for a wild pitch so we could get the game over with,” CHS coach Bridgette Overstreet said.

Corvallis plays at Silverton today before hosting the Silver Foxes on Friday.

Lebanon is playing playoff-bound Crescent Valley this week and dropped its Tuesday game with the Raiders.

Corvallis 5, Silverton 4

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CORVALLIS 121 000 1 — 5 9 2

Hatley and K. Simmons. Fleck and Keim. WP: Fleck. LP: Hatley. 2B: Hatley (SHS). 3B: Keim (CHS). HR: E. Simmons.

Hits: Silverton 12 (Jones, E. Simmons 3, Cortez 2, Hatley 2, Stocker 2, K. Simmons, Ozuna). Corvallis 9 (Fleck 2, Keim 2, Appelman 2, Lasswell, Caspino 2).

RBIs: Silverton 2 (E. Simmons, Hatley). Corvallis 2 (Appelman, Fleck).

Crescent Valley 12, Lebanon 5

LEBANON — Crescent Valley broke open a Mid-Willamette Conference victory over Lebanon late thanks to timely hits and errors by the Warriors.

The Raiders (16-8, 14-5) scored all their runs in the last three innings. It was scoreless until the fifth when they put two on the board, and then went on to score seven in the sixth. Only five of the 12 runs scored by Crescent Valley were earned.

Aryn Grause and Sammie Wait led the offense as each hit a home run and drove in three runs.

The Raiders play Lebanon again today at home, and then travel to Lebanon on Friday.

Crescent Valley 12, Lebanon 5

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LEBANON 000 003 2 — 5 7 3

Grause and Gianotti. Legree and Jackola. WP: Grause (6-2). LP: Legree. 2B: Write (L). 3B: Wagsdale (L). HR: Grause (CV), Waite (CV).

Hits: Crescent Valley 15 (Gianotti 4, Grause 3, Waite 2, Walsh 2, Wickwire 2, H. De Carolis, Valdez). Lebanon 7 (Wagsdale 2, Wright 2, Springer, Palinkas, Scing).

RBIs: Crescent Valley 9 (Grause 3, Waite 3, L. De Carolis, Gianotti, Fields). Lebanon 4 (Wagsdale 2, Wright 2).

Santiam Christian 11, Creswell 1 (5)

ADAIR VILLAGE — Quincey Davis homered, tripled and drove in four runs as the Eagles cruised in the PacWest Conference game.

Davis’ three-run homer in the first gave SC (15-4, 10-1) the lead.

Kalyssa Koontz struck out nine and walked two while scattering three hits in the five-inning game.

Santiam Christian is tied with Harrisburg for first in the PWC with one conference game remaining. If the teams remain tied, they will play for first and second seeds to the state tournament.

The Eagles play a nonconference game at Monroe on Thursday, then go to Toledo on Friday to end the regular season.

Santiam Christian 11, Creswell 1

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SANTIAM CHRISTIAN 330 5x — 11 11 0

Clemo and Johnson. Koontz and Towery. WP: Koontz 13-4. LP: Clemo. 2B: Taylor (CHS), Doyle (SC) 3B: Davis (CHS), HR: Davis (CHS)

Hits: CHS 3 (Spence, Taylor 2). SC 11 (Doyle 2, Hendrix 2, Elwer, Davis 2, Anni 2, Durbin, Peterson).

RBIs: Creswell 1 (Taylor). SC (Doyle, Hendrix, Davis 4, Anni).