Mavericks, Cardinals slip to 1-2 at Curt Daniels Invitational

The Vancouver Mavericks came up short in a pitcher’s duel Friday night, losing 1-0 to Taylor Baseball of Seattle in pool play of the Curt Daniels Invitational at Concordia University in Portland.

The loss drops the Mavericks to 1-2 in the Blue Pool with two games to play.

The Vancouver Cardinals also fell to 1-2 after an 8-2 Red Pool loss to Lakeside Recovery of Bellevue on Friday at Columbia River High School.

The top two teams in each six-team pool will meet in Monday’s semifinals.

Taylor Baseball (3-0), playing the second game of a doubleheader beating the Seattle Stars 5-4, broke the scoreless tie in the bottom of the sixth inning with just its fifth hit of the game.

The Mavericks had a runner in scoring position in the top of the seventh with one out but the next two batters were retired. They also had a runner thrown out at home to end the top of the second.

The Mavericks had just four hits and struck out eight times.

Mavericks pitcher Wyatt Rogina struck out five and didn’t walk a batter in six innings.

The Vancouver Cardinals played from behind the entire game against Lakeside, which scored three times in the first inning and padded the lead with a four-run seventh. Lakeside (1-2) was playing the second game of a doubleheader, coming off a 3-2 loss to Boys of Summer from Bellevue.

For the Cardinals, Michael Hickey’s sacrifice fly scored Tanner Jacques in the sixth inning, and Noah Guyette was 2 for 3 with a solo home run in the seventh.

The Cardinals next play Boys of Summer (3-0) at 7 p.m. Saturday at Concordia.

The Mavericks next play the Seattle Stars (2-1) at 6 p.m. Saturday at Columbia River.

CURT DANIELS INVITATIONAL

POOL PLAY

(Top 2 advance to semifinals)

Red: Boys of Summer (3-0); Portland Baseball Club (2-1); Lakeside Recovery (1-2); Prospect United (1-1); Vancouver Cardinals (1-2); Spokane Dodgers (0-2)

Blue: Taylor Baseball (3-0); Seattle Stars (2-1); Baden Baseball (1-1); Southridge Bandits (1-1); Vancouver Mavericks (1-2); Narrows Baseball Club (0-3)

Friday’s Games

At Columbia River HS

Portland 5, Spokane 4

Boys of Summer 8, Prospect United 4

Boys of Summer 3, Lakeside 2

Lakeside 8, Vancouver Cardinals 2

At Concordia Univ.

Southridge 6, Narrows 4

Seattle 12, Baden 2

Taylor 5, Seattle 4

Taylor 1, Vancouver Mavericks 0

Saturday’s Games

At Columbia River HS

Southridge vs. Taylor, 10:30 a.m.

Southridge vs. Baden, 1 p.m.

Narrows vs. Baden, 3:30 p.m.

Seattle vs. Vancouver Mavericks 6 p.m.

At Concordia Univ.

Lakeside vs. Spokane, 11:30 a.m.

Prospect United vs. Spokane, 2 p.m.

Prospect United vs. Portland, 4:30 p.m.

Vancouver Cardinals vs. Boys of Summer, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

At Columbia River HS

Prospect United vs. Lakeside, 10:30 a.m.

Portland vs. Boys of Summer, 1 p.m.

Vancouver Cardinals vs. Spokane, 3:30 p.m.

At Concordia Univ.

Baden vs. Taylor, 11:30 a.m.

Vancouver Mavericks vs. Southridge, 2 p.m.

Seattle vs. Narrows, 4:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games

At Columbia River HS

Semifinal: Red No. 1 vs. Blue No. 2, 10 a.m.

Semifinal: Blue No. 1 vs. Red No. 2, 12:30 p.m.

Championship: 3 p.m.

LAKESIDE RECOVERY 8, VANCOUVER CARDINALS 2

Lakeside 300 010 4—8 8 2

Cardinals 000 001 1—2 5 5

Vancouver Cardinals

Pitching — Brannan Meriwether 7 IP, 4 Ks, 1 BB; Highlights — Tanner Jacques 1-4, 1 R; Michael Hickey 1-2, RBI; Noah Guyette 2-3, HR, RBI, 1 R; Riley Buehler 1-3.

TAYLOR BASEBALL 1, VANCOUVER MAVERICKS 0

Mavericks 000 000 0—0 4 0

Taylor 000 001 x—1 5 0

Vancouver Cardinals

Pitching — Wyatt Rogina 6 IP, 5 Ks, 0 BB; Highlights — Samuel Malychewski 1-3; Grant Francis 1-2; Andrew Selden 1-2; Jasper Rank 1-3.