PORT ANGELES — The Victoria HarbourCats limited the Port Angeles Lefties to just four hits in a 9-4 victory to complete a three-game sweep at Civic Field on Wednesday night.
The Lefties will look to get back on the winning track, traveling to Kamloops, British Columbia, to begin a three-game series Friday.
The Lefties were hurt by a pair of HarbourCats home runs.
Port Angeles’ Drew Standen (New Jersey Institute of Technology) took the loss, but battled Victoria’s Loretto Siniscalchi pitch-for-pitch for four innings as the Lefties went into the fifth up 1-0.
The HarbourCats finally broke through for five runs in the fifth inning thanks to a two-run double by Brandon Green and a two-run home run by Nick Dumesnil to take a 5-1 lead. Standen ended up going 4â…“ innings, allowing four earned runs on six hits. He walked none and struck out six.
The Lefties rallied with three runs in the bottom of the sixth to make it 5-4. The big blow was delivered by Kamden Koester (Neosho County CC) with a two-run bases-loaded single. But, Victoria came right back with three-run home run by Tyler Davis in the top of the seventh to pull away at 8-4. The Lefties were able to manage just one hit the rest of the game.
Sebastian Flores (Riverside Community College) had a hit, two RBIs and two walks, driving in a run with a bases-loaded walk.
Roberto Nunez (Embry-Riddle) had a hit and a stolen base, while BY Choi (Dallas Baptist) had a single.
On the mound, Makana Quia (Hawaii Pacific) pitched a scoreless ninth, allowing no hits and two walks while striking out one.
After the Lefties’ (2-10) three-game series in Kamloops (3-8), they will return to Civic Field on Tuesday for a six-game homestand against Canadian teams. They have three games against the Nanaimo NightOwls and three against the Kelowna Falcons.
Victoria 9, Port Angeles 4
Vic. 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 1 0 — 9 10 0
PA 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 — 4 4 0
WP: Siniscalchi LP: Standen
Pitching
Victoria — Abbott 3 IP, 3 H, ER, 2 BB, 3 K; Siniscalchi 2.2 IP, 3 ER, 5 BB, 2 K; Christensen 1.1 IP, H, BB, 2 K; Ridley 2 IP, K.
Port Angeles — Standen 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 6 K; Smith 1.2 IP, H, ER, BB, 3 K; Mazza IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K; Kim IP, H ER, BB, 2 K; Quia IP, 2 BB, K.
Hitting
Victoria — Demesnil 1-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI; Davis 1-5, HR, R, 3 RBI; Green 2-4, 2 2B, 3 R, RBI; Caley 2-4, SB; Hall 1-4, R, RBI, BB, 3 SB.
Port Angeles — Flores 1-2, 2 RBI, 2 BB; Koester 1-3, 2 RBI, BB; Billings 0-2, 2 R, 2 BB; Choi 1-4; Nunez 1-5, SB.
