DICK BROWN MEMORIAL FIRECRACKER: Wilder Senior in title game after going 5-0

PORT ANGELES — Wilder Senior has gone 5-0 in the Dick Brown Memorial Firecracker tournament, getting tot he championship game with a resounding 6-1 victory over Lakeside Elite on Sunday at Volunteer Field.

Wilder Senior played CBC 18U in the tournament’s championship game. The result was after press deadline but will be published online at www.peninsuladaily news.com and in Tuesday’s print edition.

Wilder Senior got the title game with a six-run third inning against Lakeside Elite that gave the seniors all the scoring they would need. Pitcher Landen Olson was completely in control. He went five innings, allowing four hits and one earned run.

He struck out four. Devyn Dearinger pitched the final two innings of relief, allowing one hit and striking out one.

Alex Angevine was 2-for-4 with a run scored and Lincoln Bear, who is having a huge tournament, was 2-for-3 with a run scored and two RBIs.

Colton Romero was 2-for-3 with a run scored, two RBIs and two stolen bases. Jordan Shumway had a hit and two RBIs.

Wilder Senior (16-4) also plays at 10 a.m. today at Volunteer Field against the WBS Colts Black.

Wilder Senior 6, Lakeside Elite 1

LE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 5 1

WSr. 0 0 6 0 0 0 x — 6 8 0

Pitching

WSr. — Olson 5 IP, 4 H, ER, 4 K; Dearinger 2 IP, H, K.

Hitting

WSr. — Angevine 2-4, R; Bear 23, R, 2 RBI; Romero 2-3, R, 2 RBI, 2 SB; Shumway 1-2, 2 RBI.

Saturday’s Game

Wilder Senior got huge contributions from its Sequim contingent at Volunteer Field on Saturday as Ethan Staples pitched a 98-pitch shutout, Bear blasted a three-run home run and Braydan White pitched a dominant 1⅓ innings of relief.

The game was locked in a 0-0 pitchers’ duel until the bottom of the fourth when Alex Angevine and White got on base with singles. Bear then crushed a two-strike pitch well over the left-field fence for a no-doubt home run.

“I was supposed to lay down a bunt and I wasn’t able to do it,” Bear said. “I have to make up for it.

“I just tried to put a good two-strike swing on it and it flew,” he said. Bear added a double in the fifth.

Staples went 5⅔ innings. Any chance he had at a complete game went out the window in the sixth on a 10-pitch at-bat by CBC’s Aiden Lefave. Staples finally struck him out after Lefave fouled off six pitches, but he was at 98 pitches with the maximum allowed of 105.

“My arm is still feeling pretty good,” Staples said. He allowed just three hits and two walks while striking out 11.

“I feel a lot more comfortable out there with this defense behind me. I know if the ball is hit on the ground, the defense will get it,” he said.

White came in and overwhelmed all four batters he faced with four straight strikeouts. The seniors tallied 15 strikeouts for the game. White also had a nice game at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a double, a run scored and an RBI.

Angevine was 2-for-3 with two runs scored, Rylan Politika was 2-for-2 and Landen Olson hit a double and scored a run.

Wilder 5, CBC 0

CBC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 3 0

WSr. 0 0 0 3 2 0 x —5 9 0

Pitching

WSr. — Staples 5.2 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 11 K; White 1.1 IP, 4 K

Hitting

WSr. — Bear 2-3, HR, 2B, R, 3 RBI; White 2-3, 2B, R, RBI; Angevine 2-3, 2 R; Politika 2-2; Olson 1-2, 2B, R.

Friday’s Game

Wilder Senior got a combined one-hit shutout from Romero and Dearinger and scored five runs in the first inning in routing Lakeside Elite 8-0 on Friday.

Romero went a hitless three innings, striking out five, while Dearinger pitched two innings and gave up one hit.

At the plate, White was 2-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and two RBIs. Kody Williams hit a double and scored a run and Angevine was 2-for-3 with two runs scored.

Bear had a hit and an RBI, and Olson drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.

Wilder Sr. 8, Lakeside Elite 0

LE 0 0 0 0 0 x x — 0 1 4

WSr. 5 0 0 0 3 x x — 8 8 1

Pitching

Wilder Sr. — Romero 3 IP, 5 K; Dearinger 2 IP, H.

Hitting

Wilder Sr. — Angevine 2-3, 2 R; White 2-3, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI; Williams 1-3, 2B, R; Bear 1-3, RBI; Olson 0-2, SF, RBI.