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47 °F Forecast | Road Cams Thursday, November 25, 2004 Today's News | Classifieds | Autos | Homes | Jobs | Tempo | Health | Community | Home Delivery SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion - Politics Tempo AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map SPECIAL SECTIONS Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Menu Guide How To Guide Wellness Connection Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Wedding Guide Passport to the Rogue Valley EXTRA Newspaper in Education Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People MARKETPLACE Find a Car Find a Home Find a Job Classifieds Place an ad eSouthernOregon Automotive Communities Entertainment Publications Recreation Calendar CUSTOMER SERVICE Frequent Questions Advertising Information Home Delivery Employment Contact Us Media Kit Network Affiliate Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend April 18, 2004 Hegdahl boosts Ashland to SOC sweep ROSEBURG — Chad Hegdahl refused to let Ashland lose in Southern Oregon Conference baseball Saturday. The lanky senior played a prominent role in both ends of a 5-3 and 8-7 doubleheader sweep against Roseburg at Legion Field. In the opener, the 6-foot-2 left-hander pitched a complete game, allowing six hits and striking out nine. Hegdahl had control of the Indian hitters in all but one inning. Hegdahl surrendered three of the hits, both his walks and all Roseburg’s runs during a fourth-inning rally. Tanner Clagett provided the big hit with a two-run double. "(Hegdahl) was very effective," said Roseburg coach Troy Thompson. "He stayed ahead of our hitters and kept us off-balance." Advertisement Hegdahl delivered at the plate with two hits, including an RBI double during a Grizzly four-run outburst in the sixth. Hegdahl also had a hand in Ashland’s first run scored in the third inning. Jackson Rowe opened with a single, Hegdahl followed with a base hit and Brian Ross was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Rowe scored when Rocky Reeser grounded into a double play. In Game 2, it was Hegdahl’s bat that sparked the Grizzlies (9-4, 5-4 SOC). Hegdahl, last year’s SOC batting champion, hit an RBI double to help Ashland take a 4-0 lead in the top of the first, then smacked a two-run homer in the fifth. Ashland scored two runs in the top of the seventh to increase its margin to 8-5. After intentionally walking Hegdahl with two outs to put runners on first and second, Ross’ fly ball to left fell in for a two-run double. Roseburg (5-9, 3-6 SOC) answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning. The Indians had runners on second and third when Kerry Hall lined out to center to end the game. Roseburg stranded 13 runners in the second game. "We need to start winning some close ball games," said Thompson, whose team has dropped its last five games by a total of eight runs. "We need to do a better job of coming through with runners on base." FIRST GAME Ashland...................................001 004 0 — 5 8 1 Roseburg.................................000 003 0 — 3 6 4 Hegdahl and Ross; Keitzman, Cook (7) and Benson. W — Hegdahl (4-1). L — Keitzman (1-2). 2B — A: Hegdahl; R: Clark. SECOND GAME Ashland...................................400 020 2 — 8 6 2 Roseburg.................................201 011 2 — 7 8 1 San Nicholas, Del Carlo (4), Weston (6) and Ross; Robinson and Mitchell. W — San Nicholas. L — Robinson (2-3). 2B — A: Hegdahl, Goldberg; R: Keitzman, Clark. HR — A: Hegdahl. GRANTS PASS 3-6, KLAMATH UNION 1-5 — At Grants Pass, junior pitcher Nolan Morgan provided Grants Pass a strong outing in the opener and Mike Mills homered in each game and had four hits in the doubleheader for the Cavemen (8-5, 6-3 SOC). Grants Pass gave Morgan all the runs he would need in the first inning of Game 1. Klamath Union starter Daniel Bennett got the first two outs, then surrendered back-to-back doubles to Patrick Allen and Ryan Tuttle. Mills followed with a two-run blast to left. Morgan (4-2) allowed five hits, struck out five, walked one and hit a batter. He gave up an unearned run in the fourth inning. The Pelicans never trailed in Game 2 until Grants Pass pushed across the winning run in the bottom of the seventh. Allen opened with a single, Tuttle followed with a double and Mills was walked intentionally to load the bases. Then Morgan delivered an RBI single to end the doubleheader. Allen and Jimmy Blake added a pair of hits in the nightcap for the Cavemen. For Klamath Union, Bennett went 3-for-4 in Game 2, including a leadoff homer in the fourth inning. Chris Anderson and Kevin Huntley each had two hits for the Pels in the second game. FIRST GAME Klamath Union.....................000 100 0 — 1 5 2 Grants Pass..........................300 000 x — 3 5 2 Bennett and Rogers; Morgan and Donnelly. W — Morgan (4-2). L — Bennett. 2B — KU: S. Anderson 2, Rogers; GP: Allen, Tuttle. HR — GP: Mills. SECOND GAME Klamath Union.......................002 201 0 — 5 11 4 Grants Pass............................001 202 1 — 6 11 3 Tidwell, Huntley (4), Bennett (6) and Rogers; Mills, Schaff (6) and Donnelly. W — Schaff (1-0). L — Bennett. 2B — KU: Bennett, Huntley 2; GP: Fode, Tuttle. HR — KU: Spires, Bennett; GP: Mills. CRATER 2-5, EAGLE POINT 0-2 — At Eagle Point, Kurtis Knutson pitched a three-hit shutout in Game 1 of an SOC doubleheader sweep. Knutson finished with five strikeouts as the Comets improved to 5-8 overall and 4-5 in conference play. Ricky O’Callahan suffered the loss despite giving up just five hits and two runs. Crater’s Brad Evans went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in the nightcap. Dan Whitehead, Sean Teaters and Jeff Weiss also had two hits. Evan Seegmiller recorded the pitching win in Game 2. Eagle Point fell to 4-10 overall and 1-8 in the SOC. FIRST GAME Crater.......................................002 000 0 — 2 5 0 Eagle Point...............................000 000 0 — 0 3 0 Knutson and Reina; O’Callahan and Grieve. W — Knutson. L — O’Callahan. SECOND GAME Crater.....................................002 102 0 — 5 10 2 Eagle Point.............................002 000 0 — 2 5 2 Seegmiller and Reina; Depuy and O’Callahan. W — Seegmiller. L — Depuy. 2B — C: Reed, Herbold. HR — C: Evans. Mail Tribune Home Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life Opinion - Politics | AP News | Archives | Site Map E Southern Oregon | Classified Copyright © 1997-2004 Mail Tribune. All rights reserved. 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