SEQUIM — Dusty Bates scored from second base as Evan Hurn broke up a double play to give Sequim an exciting 8-7 Olympic League baseball win over Bremerton.
The Knights were in control for most of the game, building a 5-1 lead heading into the bottom of the fifth inning.
“Being down by five late, the kids never showed any sign of quitting and really battled,” Sequim coach Dave Ditlefsen said.
Nigel Christian fired the first shot of the Wolves’ rally with a blast over the right-center field fence to make it 5-2.
In the bottom of the sixth, Sequim scored five runs to take a 7-6 lead.
Daniel Harker drove in two of those runs with a triple, and Jake Sparks brought in two more with a two-run single.
Bremerton tied the score with a run in the top of the seventh inning, but Sequim starter Tanner Rhodefer returned to the mound and recorded the third out with a bases-loaded strikeout and keep the game tied at 7-7.
Rhodefer pitched the first five innings before being relieved by James Grubb.
Bates reached first base in the bottom half of the seventh with a walk and then advanced to take second on a single by Hurn.
Harker came up with one out and hit the ball Bremerton’s shortstop, who threw to second to get Hurn out on a fielder’s choice.
The sliding Hurn managed to disrupt the double play attempt, during which Bates was waived around to home from third base for the winning run.
Sequim (1-0, 4-1) plays at North Kitsap (1-0, 4-1) on Tuesday.
Klahowya 5, Port Angeles 4
PORT ANGELES — The Roughriders played well in a closely contested loss to the Eagles.
“They are a solid team,” Port Angeles coach Vic Reykdal said of Klahowya.
“They aren’t a team that’s going to make mistakes and beat themselves.”
A four-run second inning gave Klahowya the advantage in Friday’s game.
“We gave up two infield singles in the second inning,” Reykdal said.
“We had a shot at a double play and couldn’t get it, and then their next guy hit a triple and the ball ended up in the dugout so they scored four runs.
“If we could have got out of that one unscathed, it would have been different.”
Reykdal said starting pitcher Curran Bradley settled down and pitched three good innings.
Eathen Boyer allowed no runs in his two innings of relief.
Logan Ciaciuch was 4 for 4 with a triple and an RBI to lead Port Angeles at the plate.
“Ciaciuch hit a two-out single and we had the tying run thrown out at home in the bottom of the fourth inning,” Reykdal said.
“We did have some chances in this one.”
The Riders (1-0, 2-2) play at Kingston (0-1, 0-2) on Tuesday.
Klahowya 5, Port Angeles 4
Klahowya 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 — 5 7 0
Port Angeles 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 — 4 7 0
LP- Bradley
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Bradley 5 IP, 5 R, 6 H, 4 BB, 2K; Boyer 2 IP, H, BB, K.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Ciaciuch 4-4, 3B, RBI; Gochnour 1-2, 2B.
Port Angeles 8, Bremerton 4
BREMERTON — The Roughriders totaled 11 hits and scored runs in each of the first four innings to defeat the Knights.
“Eleven hits — definitely a good day at the plate,” Port Angeles coach Vic Reykdal said of Thursday’s game.
“We had a few guys have multiple-hit days, and we cut down the errors from our Chimacum game [Wednesday].”
Logan Ciaciuch was 2 for 5 with an RBI double for the Riders, and Jace Bohman and Tanner Gochnour each went 2 for 3 with an RBI.
Curran Bradley was 2 for 4 with a double.
“We talk about putting the ball in play, cutting down errors and not giving them extra outs and throwing strikes, and we had two of three in that one,” Reykdal said.
Gochnour started on the mound for Port Angeles and struck out five and had five walks in his four innings of work.
Janson Pederson had four strikeouts and three walks in three innings of relief.
Port Angeles 8, Bremerton 4
Port Angeles 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 — 8 11 1
Bremerton 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 —4 5 0
WP- Gochnour
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Gochnour 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 5 K, 5 BB; Pederson 3 IP, 2R, 2 H, 4 K, 3 BB
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Ciacicuch 2-5, 2B, RBI; Bohman 2-3, RBI, R; Gochnour 2-3, RBI; Bradley 2-4, 2B.
Montesano 10, 10, Forks 0, 0
BEAVER — Forks lost both ends of a doubleheader as Montesano posted twin 10-0 victories in Evergreen League action.
Bulldogs pitcher Riley Olsen threw a complete-game shutout in Thursday’s first contest, allowing just one hit and striking out 12 Spartans in the process.
Fastino Farias notched the only hit in the game for Forks.
Javier Contreras absorbed the loss on the mound for the Spartans, and Parker Browning worked one inning of relief.
The second contest was a makeup of Tuesday’s rainout that was originally slated as a home game for Montesano. As a result the Spartans were visitors on their home field for that game.
That change-up had little impact on the game, however.
In an unfortunate carryover from the first game, Forks pitchers struggled to find the zone, and walks led to errors, which led to more walks and errors.
Reece Blattner started the game for Forks and worked two innings. Billy Palmer, Browning and Gavin Palmer worked the next three frames for the Spartans before the game was halted in the fifth inning due to the 10-run mercy rule.
The runs were democratically distributed between the pitching platoon.
Meanwhile, Montesano pitchers Kyle Englund and Nate Klompken combined to hold Forks batters to just one hit and no runs in the second, abbreviated contest.
Contreras slapped Forks’ only hit of the game.
Reece Moody earned “dirtbag” credentials from the Spartans coaches after an all-around inspired effort on the field and some masterful foot and glove work around the first base sack.
After the game, Forks coach Wayne Daman said, “Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. Sometimes it rains.”
The Spartans (0-3, 0-3) are scheduled to play a doubleheader this Thursday at Rochester (2-2, 3-3).
Successful appeal
Forks learned Thursday that it won its appeal of last Thursday’s loss at Tenino.
That game was played under protest after the second inning when a balk was erroneously called on a Forks pitcher after he successfully attempted a third-to-first pickoff play.
While that play has been banned at the Major League level of baseball, that ban has not yet been implemented at the high school level.
The home plate umpire in this instance stated at the time of the play that he believed the rule had “trickled down” from the big leagues.
A league-appointed committee ruled that the game will be replayed from the point of the game immediately preceding the contested call at a date to be determined.
The protested game was originally scheduled for Forks but was moved to Tenino due to weather issues. Forks was the home team for the contest, however.
The do-over game will resume play in the top of the second inning with Tenino holding a 2-0 lead.
