PORT ANGELES — James Grubb tossed six scoreless innings to lead Wilder Baseball to an 8-0 shutout of Northwest Blaze 18U.
Grubb pitched a gem, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out nine in Saturday’s nine-inning game at Civic Field.
Brady Shimko earned the save in relief for Wilder, allowing a hit and scattering three walks in three innings.
Offensively, Wilder took advantage of 13 walks, eight hits and three hit batters surrendered by the Belfair-based Blaze.
Matt Hendry went 3 for 4 with a double, a walk, a run and two RBIs to lead Wilder at the plate.
Curan Bradley reached base four times and scored three runs. Evan Hurn was 1 for 3 with two walks, a run and an RBI.
Wilder improved to 3-0 on the season. The team will play at Bellevue’s Lakeside Recovery on Sunday.
Wilder 8, Blaze Baseball 0
Blaze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 2 5
Wilder 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 x — 8 8 0
WP- Grubb; LP- Malloy
Pitching Statistics
Blaze: Malloy 4 IP, 7 R, 4 ER, 4 H, 8 BB, 4 K, 2 HB; Wlorachek 4 IP, R, 4 H, 5 BB, 4 K, HB.
Wilder: Grubb 6 IP, 0 R, H, BB, 9 K; Shimko 3 IP, 0 R, H, 3 BB, K.
Hitting Statistics
Blaze: Hamrick 1-2; Marks 1-3.
Wilder: Hendry 3-4, BB, 2B, R, 2 RBI; Hurn 1-3, 2 BB, R, RBI; Rodocker 1-3, 2 BB, R; Basden 1-2, 2 HBP, BB, R, RBI; Gochnour 0-1, BB, SAC, RBI; Bradley 1-5, BB, 3 R.
