SEQUIM — A.J. Prater was perfect at the plate to lead the Olympic Crosscutters’ offensive onslaught in a 11-1 run-rule victory over Tumwater in six innings at Sequim High School.
The Crosscutters belted 15 hits in the game, highlighted by Prater’s 4 for 4 performance that included two runs and an RBI.
Gavin Velarde and Tyrus Beckett each finished with two hits and a run.
Ian Dennis only had one hit, bu it was a big one: a bases-loaded tripled that brought in three runs during a five-run fifth inning.
Prater started the big inning by singling to left and stealing second base, one of three steals by the Quilcene junior in Tuesday’s game.
Gavin Velarde then singled to advance Prater to third, and Nigel Christian walked to load the bases with one out.
Cole Dotson lined a single to center that brought Prater home and kept the bases juiced.
That brought up Dennis, who hit a triple to center field that scored Velarde, Christian and Dotson and pushed the Crosscutters’ lead to 8-1.
Logan Shaw then brought home Dennis with a sacrifice fly to cap the big inning.
The Crosscutters finished off Tumwater with five consecutive singles to open the bottom of the sixth that put the 10-run rule into effect.
Eli Harrison, Austin Hilliard and Prater singled to load the bases.
A single by Velarde brought in Harrison and another by Christian scored Hilliard, giving the Crosscutters an 11-1 lead and ending the game an inning early.
Christian also drove in the Crosscutters’ first run of the game with a single that scored Prater in the bottom of the first.
Olympic followed that with a three-run second inning that made its early lead 4-0.
Bradow singled to score Shaw, Tyrus Beckett scored from third on an error, and Prater singled home Bradow.
The Crosscutters spread out their 11 runs among 10 players, and seven players drove in a run.
Pitchers Hilliard and Beckett combined to hold Tumwater to three hits.
Hilliard started on the mound and struck out six while walking four and giving up one hit and one unearned in four innings.
Beckett pitched two innings of relief. He fanned three, walked four and allowed two hits.
The Crosscutters are off until next Tuesday when they host Klahowya at Civic Field in Port Angeles.
That begins a stretch of six consecutive days of games. After Klahowya, the Crosscutters travel to Spanaway for a doubleheader next Wednesday, then host North Kitsap at Civic Field on Thursday before playing in the Anacortes Wooden Bat Tournament from June 26-28.
Crosscutters 11, Tumwater 1, 6 innings
Tumwater 0 0 0 1 0 0 — 1 3 5
Crosscutters 1 3 0 0 3 2 — 11 15 3
WP- Hilliard; LP- Walter
Pitching Statistics
Tumwater: Walter 4 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K; Moe IP, 7 H, BB; Fournier 0 IP, 3 H.
Crosscutters: Hilliard 4 IP, H, R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 6 K; Beckett 2 IP, 2 H, 4 BB, 3 K.
Hitting Statistics
Tumwater: Jones 1-2, H, 2 BB; Elders 1-2, RBI, BB; Frisk 1-2, BB; Moe 0-3, R.
Crosscutters: Prater 4-4, 2 R, RBI, 3 SB; Velarde 2-3, BB, R, RBI; Beckett 2-3, 2B, R, SB; Dennis 1-3, 3B, R, 3 RBI; Christian 1-2, 2 BB, R, 2 RBI; C. Dotson 1-1, R, RBI; D. Bradow 1-3, R, RBI, SB; Shaw 1-1, R, RBI; Hilliard 1-3, R.
