ISSAQUAH — Wilder Baseball Club dropped two of three games at the 16-18U Senior Babe Ruth State Tournament, but lived to play on at next week’s Pacific Northwest Regional in Quincy.
The area team fell 3-1 to Lakeside Recovery on Wednesday, and will take the No. 2 seed to the regional tournament which opens Wednesday.
“Yep, basically told them to move on from it,” Wilder coach Mike Politika said.
“We have another week of baseball left and we will see what happens.”
Curan Bradley was the hard-luck loser on the mound for Wilder against Lakeside, throwing a complete-game five-hitter.
“He sat down 10 in a row to start the game,” Wilder coach Mike Politika said.
Lakeside scored two runs in the fourth inning to take the lead.
“They got those first two runs on a couple of hits and a throwing error,” Politika said.
“But he threw really well. He got a lot of ground-ball outs, and for the most part we played solid defense except for that inning.”
Wilder’s real troubles came with runners in scoring position.
They managed to score one run on a passed ball in the first inning, but were unable to get more with the bases loaded and one out.
“We had 10 hits and only got one run,” Politika said.
“And we left 13 guys on base. We have to do better in those situations.”
Wilder allowed a two-run seventh inning rally in Tuesday’s opener, a 3-2 loss to the Moses Lake River Dogs.
Tanner Rhodefer went 6 1/3 innings on the mound, allowing two runs on five hits and two walks, while striking out 10.
Brady Shimko couldn’t shut the door in relief, allowing the game-winning run.
Wilder starter Travis Paynter fared much better in a bounce-back 5-0 victory against the Ephrata Rock Hounds.
Paynter tossed a one-hit shutout, striking out 13, while walking four.
Wilder plated five runs in the top half of the seventh inning to break the game open.
Lakeside Recovery 3, Wilder 1
Lakeside 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 — 3 5 2
Wilder 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 10 2
LP- Bradley
Pitching Statistics
Wilder: Bradley 7 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K.
Hitting Statistics
Wilder: Bradley 1-3, R; Rhodefer 1-3, Hendry 2-4, 3 SB; Paynter 1-2; Gochnour 2-3, Grubb 2-3; Basden 1-2.
River Dogs 3, Wilder 2
Wilder 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 — 2 7 2
River Dogs 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 — 3 5 2
LP- Shimko
Pitching Statistics
Wilder: Rhodefer 6 1/3 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 10 K; Shimko 0 IP, H, ER, BB.
Hitting Statistics
Wilder: Bradley 2-2, 2 SB; Hendry 2-3, SB; Pederson 1-3; Boyer 1-3, Chapman 1-1.
Wilder 5, Ephrata 0
Wilder 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 — 5 7 0
River Dogs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 1 3
WP- Bradley
Pitching Statistics
Wilder: Paynter 7 IP, H, 4 BB, 13 K.
Hitting Statistics
Wilder: Hurn 2-3, 2B, 3B, R, 2 RBI, SB; Basden 2-3, R, RBI, SB; Gochnour 1-1, R, SB, 2 HBP; Hendry 1-4, R, RBI, SB; Bradley 1-4.
________
Sports reporter Michael Carman can be contacted at 360-417-3525 or at mcarman@peninsuladailynews.com.
