AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL; Juniors jolt Pipeline Pirates in doubleheader sweep

PORT ANGELES — Rylan Dunn, Carston Seibel and Brandt Perry enjoyed successful days at the plate and on the mound as Wilder Junior posted back-to-back 13-3 wins in six innings over the Pipeline Pirates of Blaine in an American Legion AA doubleheader Saturday at Volunteer Field.

Wilder Junior totaled 26 runs on 31 hits, 11 walks and five hit batters in the two contests.

Dunn went 3-for-3 with a walk, a double and drove in five RBIs to pace Wilder at the plate in game two. Perry struck out 11 batters in 4.2 innings pitched, allowing three earned runs on four hits and a walk.

Dunn’s double was the lone extra-base hit for Wilder Junior on the day.

Easton Fisher was 3-for-4 with three runs and an RBI; Lincoln Bear drove in three runs

Hunter Stratford and Carson Waddell also had multi-hit games in game two for Wilder Junior

Owen Leitz allowed a walk in 1.1 innings of relief to finish out the game.

Seibel went 3-for-4, was hit by a pitch, drove in four RBIs and scored three runs to pace a productive Wilder Junior offense in game one.

Brandt Perry also had a strong game for Wilder Junior, batting 2-for-3 with a walk, pair of stolen bases and four RBIs.

Lance Doyle reached base in all four plate appearances, going 3-for-3 with a walk, two stolen bases and three runs at the bottom of the batting order.

Owen Leitz, Ian Smithson and Bryce DeLeon all had at least two hits in the victory.

Hunter Stratford went five innings on the mound, allowing three runs, one earned, on three hits and three walks with four strikeouts to earn the win.

Trae Hanan closed out the contest, giving up a hit and a walk with a pair of strikeouts in one frame.

Wilder Junior (22-15) will play the Lynden Lightning on Wednesday at Burlington-Edison High School.

Wilder Senior still alive

BELLEVUE — Wilder Senior was still alive for a top-3 finish in Lakeside Recovery’s Brandy Pugh Memorial Summer Classic entering its Sunday evening game with Boys of Summer.

A win in that contest and Wilder Senior would play today at 4 p.m. at Bannerwood Park.

Braydan White and Ezra Townsend homered to power Saturday’s 12-3 win over Michael’s Toyota (Chehalis) which kept Wilder Senior in the running.

White hit a solo shot in the first inning to put Wilder up 1-0 and Townsend’s two-run blast gave Wilder a 4-2 lead two innings later.

Kody Williams drove in three runs, including a two-run double in the top of the seventh to put Wilder Senior up 9-3.

Wilder Senior pitchers Colton Romero and Landen Olson combined to allow just two hits, but struggled with control and gave up a combined 13 walks.

In three innings pitched, Romero allowed two earned runs on a hit and seven free passes with four strikeouts.

Olson earned the win, giving up a run on a hit and six walks with five strikeouts.

The Senior squad opened the tourney with a 4-0 shutout of Narrows Premier on Thursday to open Green Division play in the 12-team event.

Friday was a tough day for Wilder Senior, losing on a walk-off single in a 7-6 loss to the Tri City Titans and getting blanked 8-0 by Elevate Bandits, the tournament’s lone unbeaten team.

Jordan Shumway, Devyn Dearinger and Romero each tallied two hits in the close loss to Tri City.

Alex Angevine notched a triple, while White and Romero had doubles.

Wilder Senior was held to one hit, a Kaleb Mullen single, and one walk to Rylan Politika in the shutout loss to the Elevate Bandits.

________

Sports reporter/columnist Michael Carman can be contacted at sports@peninsula dailynews.com.