PORT ANGELES — Strong at the plate, even stronger in the pitching circle.
Port Angeles pitcher Nizhoni Wheeler tossed a perfect game, striking out 10 batters, and the first-place Roughriders pounded 15 hits, including three home runs, in a 10-0 shutout of second-place Olympic.
The win was Port Angeles’ 29th consecutive Olympic League 2A Division victory.
The Riders last league loss came on May 16, 2014 against Sequim.
“Nizhoni Wheeler threw a perfect game and got lots of run support from her teammates Natalie Steinman, Lauren Lunt and Nikaila Price who hit towering home runs over the fence,” coach Randy Steinman said.
Lunt, Sierra Robinson and Kylee Reid all had three hits for Port Angeles, while Brennan Gray and Natalie Steinman each notched two hits.
Robinson scored three runs and stole two bases.
Port Angeles (6-0, 7-1) hosts Sequim on Wednesday.
Port Angeles 10, Olympic 0, 5 innings
Olympic 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 3
Port Angeles 2 5 1 0 2— 10 15 0
WP: N. Wheeler LP: D. Snyder
Pitching
Port Angeles — N. Wheeler 5 IP, 0H, 0BB, 10K.
Olympic — Snyder 5 IP, 15H, 2BB, K.
Hitting
Port Angeles — Robinson 3-3, BB, 3R, 2SB; Lunt 3-4, 2R, HR, 3RBI; Steinman 2-4, 2R, HR, 2RBI; Reid 3-3, 2B, R, 2RBI; N. Wheeler 1-3, R; Gray 2-3, RBI; Price 1-3, R, HR, RBI.
Quilcene 18, Mount Rainier Lutheran 0, 5 innings
QUILCENE — The Rangers showed no signs of rust in rolling to a SeaTac League win in their first game in two weeks.
Bailey Kieffer tossed a five-hit shutout, striking out 11 and walking none. She also went 3 for 4 at the plate and drove in three runs.
“We played well today,” coach Mark Thompson said of Friday’s game.
“We hustled, played good defense and ran the bases better. Also, our hitting is starting to turn the corner a bit.”
Quilcene took advantage of four first-inning errors by the Hawks to open up a 6-0 lead.
Madison Coffee hit a grand slam, Erin Macedo doubled and scored on an Alison Jones sacrifice and Abby Weller also had an RBI single for the Rangers (4-0, 6-0).
Quilcene’s JV beat the Hawks 5-3 with No. 3 pitcher Katie Bailey picking up the win.
“This is the second varsity opponent our young second and third-string players have beaten this year [they beat Port Townsend 13-0 last week],” Thompson said. “It makes me optimistic this incredible five-year run can continue after this year.”
Quilcene visits Darrington on Monday.
Quilcene 18, Mount Rainier Luth. 0, 5 innings
MRL 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 1 5
Quilcene 6 3 9 0 0 — 18 9 0
WP: Kieffer
Pitching
Quilcene — Kieffer 5 IP, H, 0BB, 11K.
Hitting
Quilcene — Coffee: 1-3 HR 4RBI; Weller 1-3, RBI; Macedo 1-2, Jones 1-3 RBI; Brown 1-3, 2B, 3R, RBI; Kieffer 3-4, 3RBI; Benek 1-1.
Baseball
Port Angeles 4, Olympic 3, 10 innings
PORT ANGELES — Tyrus Beckett’s walkoff RBI single lifted the Roughriders to an extra-innings win over the Trojans on Friday at Volunteer Field.
The win puts Port Angeles (5-2, 7-4) into a tie for second in the Olympic League 2A Division with the Trojans, a half-game behind first place North Kitsap (5-1, 8-2).
Freshman Ethan Flodstrom doubled to open the bottom of the seventh inning and tied the game on a ground out by Noah McGoff.
Flodstrom, Ben Basden and Colton McGuffey all doubled and singled for the Riders.
Freshman Brody Merritt was untouched on the mound in his 2 2/3 innings of relief duty, striking out one to earn the win for Port Angeles.
The Riders visit Kingston on Monday.
Port Angeles 4, Olympic 3, 10 innings
Olympic 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 7 1
Port Angeles0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 — 4 9 3
WP: Merritt LP: Matheny
Pitching
Port Angeles — McGuffey 3 IP, 6H, 3R, 2ER, 3BB, 2K; Bradow 4 1/3 IP, H, 0 R, 4BB, 4K; Merritt 2 2/3 IP, 0H, 0R, K.
Olympic — Dower 6 1/3 IP, 5H, 3ER, 2BB, 5K; Matheny 3 IP, 4H, ER, 0 BB, 3K.
Hitting
Port Angeles — Flodstrom 3-4, 2B, R, RBI; Basden 2-5, 2B, R; McGuffey 2-3, 2B, SB; Beckett 1-4, RBI.
Sequim 6, North Mason 0
BELFAIR — Ian Miller tossed a complete-game three-hit shutout as the Wolves cruised past the Bulldogs.
Sequim only managed three hits but took advantage of four errors to score five unearned runs in the first three innings to chase North Mason starter Austin Knight.
Gavin Velarde doubled home a run, stole two bases and scored two runs for the Wolves.
Austin Hilliard stole three bases and had an RBI single for Sequim (4-3, 8-4).
The Wolves visit Port Angeles on Wednesday.
Sequim 6, North Mason 0
Sequim 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 — 6 3 0
North Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0 3 4
WP: Miller LP: Knight
Pitching
Sequim — Miller 7 IP, 3H, 0R, BB, 7K.
North Mason — Knight 3 IP, 2H, 5R, 2BB, 2K; Wiseman 4 IP, H, ER, 2BB, 2K.
Hitting
Sequim — Velarde 1-2, 2B, SB, 2R, RBI; Grubb 1-3, RBI; Hilliard 1-3, BB, R, 3SB; Porter 1-4, R, RBI
North Mason — Carnahan 2-3.
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