Baseball | Umatilla

Published 9:02 pm Monday, March 11, 2019

Coach: Jon Garrett, 3rd season.

Assistant coaches: Blake Chewning, 2nd season, Brandon Wilson, 1st season.

2018: The Vikings went 3-11 in the Eastern Oregon League and 7-12 overall.

Key returning players: Andrew Wilson, sr., P/C/INF; Noah Holford, sr., CF; James Wilson, so., C/1B; Ty Cranston, so., P/INF/OF; Ryan Lorence, so., P/3B; Tyler Garrett, so., 2B.

Impact newcomers: Alex Gutierrez, sr., INF; Joey Fries, jr., C/INF; Kameron Mealey, so., P/1B; Alexis Ruiz, fr., UTL; Frank Monahan, fr., UTL.

Coach Garrett’s outlook: “I believe we will be able to compete this upcoming season,” he said. “We are a young team with 14 of our 20 ball players being freshman and sophomores. Last season, we struggled with errors and it costs us a lot of games. We look to clean up these mistakes and play quality baseball throughout the season. It will be all hands on deck for pitching this season as we look to find that Game 1 and Game 2 starters to fill those roles. With the addition of another catcher that will help with the rotation.”

2018-19 season:

Mar. 22 vs Sherman/Arlington/Condon 1 p.m.

Apr. 6 at Creswell 2 p.m.

Apr. 9 vs. Irrigon 3 p.m.

Apr. 12 vs. Nyssa 1 p.m.

Apr. 16 vs. Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii/Ukiah 4 p.m.

Apr. 19 at Burns 1 p.m.

Apr. 23 at Irrigon 3 p.m.

Apr. 26 at Vale 1 p.m.

May 3 vs. Joseph/Enterprise/Wallowa/Elgin noon

May 10 at Riverside 1 p.m.

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