A bench-clearing physical altercation that erupted following a play at the plate Sunday forced the forfeiture of the championship game by the 503 Baseball Club to the tournament host Mid-Coast Dungies in Newport.
Starting pitcher Armando Fajardo doubled, singled, walked, drove home a run and scored three times for the Breakers, who split a doubleheader Friday in the 11-and-under Northwest Nations tournament.
Clark Boys threw a no-hitter, and outfielder Joe Hixenbaugh and second baseman Cole Strober drove in two runs each Friday to lead the Mid-Coast Dungies to a 10-0 American Legion baseball victory over North Marion (Aurora) at Frank Wade Field in Newport.
Josh Salsbery drove in three runs with two hits and Tyee Fisher and Mitchell Richwine also had two hits Wednesday as the Mid-Coast Dungies opened the 2018 American Legion baseball season
In a season of pioneering achievements at the plate, on the mound and in the record book, the Tigers’ gripping scripture of small-school baseball lore came to a tumultuous conclusion in an 8-6 home defeat to La Pine in the semifinals of the OSAA State Baseball Championships.
A familiar foe in name only will take the field at the Pit Tuesday when the Taft High baseball team plays La Pine to advance to Friday’s Class 3A State championship game.
