PORT ANGELES — Maybe some extended sunshine will help the Port Angeles Lefties’ bats break out of the early season doldrums.
The Bellingham Bells posted a three-hitter Wednesday night, sinking Port Angeles 9-1 to earn a series win in the three-game set.
Lefties starter Justin Miller allowed a leadoff single and a pair of walks to load the bases in the second inning, and Bellingham took advantage, plating three early runs.
Miller was tagged for five runs, four earned in his 3-1/3 innings pitched, walking five and striking out four.
Garrett Lake manufactured Port Angeles’ lone run with an eighth-inning solo home run, his second of the season, to go along with eight RBIs.
Port Angeles (3-8) wrapped with Bellingham (5-6) late Thursday and will host Driveline Baseball, a data-driven baseball performance academy based in Kent, for a three-game series starting tonight at 6:35 p.m.
Driveline Baseball helped refine the skills of Port Angeles alumni Cole Uvila, currently a member of the Texas Rangers’ Double-A Frisco Rough Riders squad.
Bellingham 9, Port Angeles 1
B 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 — 9 7 1
PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 3 3
WP: JD Callahan. LP: Justin Miller.
Pitching
Bellingham: Callahan 2.2 IP, H, 5 K; Francis 1.1 IP, BB, 2 K; Tucker 2 IP, BB, 2 K; Barokas 2 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, K; Ferguson IP, K.
Port Angeles: Miller 3.1 IP, 2 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 4 K; Sinclair 4.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, ER, BB, 6 K; Dunham 0.1 IP, H, 2 ER, 3 BB; Amavizca 0.2 IP.
Hitting
Bellingham: T. Saunders 1-3, R, 2 RBI, 2 B; Gernon 1-4, 2 R, RBI, HR; Corona 1-2, R, RBI; Joyce 1-3, 2 R.
Port Angeles: Lake 1-2, R, RBI, HR; Crawford 1-3, 2 B.; Saterstrom 1-4.
