SILVERDALE — The Port Angeles Roughriders baseball team got its second straight outstanding pitching performance, giving up just three hits in a 7-1 win over 3A Central Kitsap.
The victory comes after an 11-0 no-hitter over Bremerton on Thursday as Port Angeles has allowed just three hits and one run over the team’s past 12 innings. This stretch of outstanding pitching comes after a season-opening game during a torrential downpour in which Port Angeles allowed 15 walks.
The Riders improved to 3-0 on the season.
A trio of Riders’ pitchers allowed just three hits. Kaleb Mullen picked up the victory, going four innings and giving up just one hit while striking out eight. Brian Guttormsen pitched two innings, allowing two hits, while Maesen Grice pitched a hitless inning.
Port Angeles found itself locked in a close 1-0 game until the fourth inning when the Roughriders blew it open with a six-run fourth. Jordan Shumway had a big two-run single in the inning.
Shumway finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Alex Angevine remained hot, going 2-for-4 with an RBI double, a run scored, a walk and a stolen base. Ezra Townsend was 2-for-5 and Colton Romero, coming off his Thursday combined no-hitter with Brayden Martin, had a double, two runs scored and two walks.
Port Angeles (1-0, 3-0) returns to Olympic League play Monday, playing at Bremerton (0-1, 0-1).
Port Angeles 7, Central Kitsap 1
PA 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 — 7 11 2
CK 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 3 4
Pitching
Port Angeles — Mullen 4 IP, H, ER, 8 K; Guttormsen 2 IP 2 H; Grice IP.
Hitting
Port Angeles — Angevine 2-4, 2B, R, RBI, BB, SB; Shumway 2-3, 3 RBI, HBP; Townsend 2-5; Romero 1-2, 2B, 2 R, 2 BB; Mullen 1-2, RBI, BB, HBP; Basden 1-4, R, RBI.
