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South slides past Mazama Mail Tribune/Drew Fleming South Medford�s Matt James dives under the tag of Mazama�s Trevor Mauch as he safely steals second base and sets up South�s first run. South Medford coach Pete Whisler wasn�t satisfied with the Panthers� intensity against Class 3A defending state baseball champion Mazama at Miles Field Tuesday. But a strong pitching performance from Matt Skundrick and Clint Rodreick proved to be a big factor in the Panthers� 2-1 non-conference victory. "Starting the game, I wasn�t real pleased with our focus and it showed early," said Whisler. "We had the opportunity to break the game open. We weren�t ready to hit. "For the most part we have decent pitching. The kids are going to have to play with some emotion." Skundrick struck out eight, didn�t walk a batter and allowed three singles in four innings. In the fourth, Mazama put runners on second and third with one out, but Skundrick struck out the next two batters to get out of the jam. "Mazama was overmatched against Matt," said Whisler. "He was totally in command. When we needed him to get some outs, he did. That�s the type of performance we need out of him." The Panthers (2-0) opened the scoring with an unearned run in the fourth. With two outs and nobody on base, Matt James reached when Viking first baseman Chris Bocchi dropped a throw. Rodreick walked and Ryan Norris delivered an RBI single. Mazama tied the game off Rodreick in the fifth on a pair of walks and Brian Quirk�s run-scoring hit. South answered in the bottom of the inning with what proved to be the winning run. Skundrick singled with one out and went to third on a passed ball. With the Vikings� infield playing back, David Henneman�s grounder to shortstop scored Skundrick. Rodreick blanked the Vikings the next two innings to pick up his first victory of the season. "Clint wasn�t ready when he came in but settled down after that," said Whisler. "We got lucky today. They had opportunities to beat us. The big thing was our pitching came through when it had to." Mazama................................................000 010 0 � 1 8 1 South Medford.....................................000 110 x � 2 4 1 Wagner, Clark (5) and Quirk; Skundrick, Rodreick (5) and Smith. W � Rodreick (1-0). L � Clark.. HENLEY 8, EAGLE POINT 7 � At Klamath Falls, Eagle Point scored four runs in the top of the seventh to tie the non-conference game, but Henley pushed across the winning run in the bottom of the frame. The Hornets� Steve Holloway scored from third base on a fielding error to end the game. A half-inning before, Greg Horn singled to lead off for Eagle Point (0-4), and Ryan Garrett followed with a two-run home run to pull the Eagles within 7-5. A walk to Kyle Gray and a double by Chris Boyd plated another run, and Eagle Point tied it when Jason Dunbar beat out an infield single, enabling Boyd to score from second. Mark Farrell was 2-for-4 with two doubles, two steals, a run and an RBI for Eagle Point. Dunbar was 2-for-4. Mike Kinsman was 4-for-4 with three RBIs and three runs for the Hornets. Eagle Point...........................................000 201 4 � 7 9 4 Henley...................................................103 201 1 � 8 9 2 Gray, Chavez (5) and Garrett; Bailey, Boshuizen (4), Telle (6) and Harworth. W � Telle. L � Chavez. 2B � EP: Farrell 2, Gray; H: Kinsman, Bailey, Telle. HR � EP: Garrett; H: Kinsman. HIDDEN VALLEY 5, SOUTH UMPQUA 3, 8 innings � At Tri-City, Troy Beard ripped a two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning, and two more runs scored on a throwing error to lift the Mustangs in the non-conference game. Beard was 3-for-4 with three RBIs. He also doubled. Two of South Umpqua�s three errors came in the eighth. Hidden Valley.....................................001 000 04 � 5 4 1 South Umpqua....................................100 000 02 � 3 6 3 Beard, Hyde (3), Adler (6) and C. Schmidt; Stevenson, Falk (8) and Savage. W � Adler. L � Falk. 2B � HV: Beard. HR � HV: Beard; SU: Falk. Softball GLIDE 9-5, SOUTH MEDFORD 8-1 � Glide handed South Medford its first two losses of the season, tagging an eight-inning loss on the Panthers in the first game and then shutting the door after the first inning in the second. In the opener, Amy Croll scored the winning run in the eighth inning when Megan Runn singled on a 1-2 pitch with two out. Darci Byrne had three hits and drove in a run in the opener for the Panthers (2-2), while Kaylee Rickert, Amanda Blair, Mickey Conley and Christin Palazzolo had two hits each. In the nightcap, Lindsey McHenry tripled home Carly Johnson for South�s lone run in the bottom of the first inning. FIRST GAME Glide.....................................................030 104 01 � 9 9 3 South Medford...................................030 500 00� 8 13 4 Ruhn, Meier (4) and Barr; Byrne and Conley. W � Meier. L � Byrne (2-1). 2B � G: Bateman, Meier. SM: Rickert. 3B � SM: Kaufman, Conley. SECOND GAME Glide.......................................................000 201 2 � 5 6 1 South Medford.......................................100 000 0� 1 5 1 Gilbert and Barr; Calvert and Conley, Blair (5). W� Gilbert. L � Calvert (0-1). 2B � G: Bukman. 3B � SM: McHenry. ROGUE RIVER JV 3, St. Mary�s 2, 10 innings � At Rogue River, Angela Winfrey stole home in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Chieftains the non-conference win. She started the inning on second base under international tiebreaker rules. Shawna Jackson was 2-for-3 for St. Mary�s (2-1). She tripled and scored the tying run in the sixth inning. Crusaders pitcher Lani Brophy struck out 12 batters. In the eighth, Rogue River loaded the bases with no outs, but Brophy fanned the next three batters to end the threat. St. Mary�s........................................001 001 000 0 � 2 3 2 Rogue River JV.............................001 100 000 1 � 3 2 3 Brophy and Jackson; Winfrey and Artoff. W � Winfrey. L � Brophy (1-1). 3B � SM: Jackson; RR: Miller. Mail Tribune Home | Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. | Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Privacy | Contact Us Copyright � 2001 Mail Tribune, Inc.