TACOMA — The Port Angeles baseball team muscled up on offense for their biggest scoring output of the year and got second-straight shutout from their pitching staff in a 16-0 win over Mount Tahoma on Friday.
The Roughriders have now gone 12 straight innings without allowing a run. It was also the fourth shutout of the year for the Riders and their fourth win in their past five games. Rylan Politika started the game, going four innings and striking out nine while allowing just one hit. Weston Alward pitched one inning and allowed three hits, but no runs to score. He struck out one.
At the plate, the Riders tallied 18 hits with nearly every player in the lineup getting at least one hit. They scored nine runs in the fourth inning to put the game out of reach.
Alex Angevine had a big game, going 4-for-4 with two doubles, three runs scored, three RBIs and three stolen bases.
Kole Acker was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI, while Ezra Townsend was 2-for-2 with a double, a run scored, four RBIs and two walks. Colten Romero was 2-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI and Luke Flodstrom was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Blake Sohlberg had a hit, a run and two RBIs, while Jordan Shumway had a hit and two runs scored.
After three striaght nonleague games over the spring break, the Riders (3-2, 6-3) return to Olympic League action with a game at Olympic (3-2, 6-4) on Monday, looking for vengeance against the Trojans, who beat Port Angeles earlier this season 6-5.
The Roughriders also host the Sequim Wolves (1-5, 3-5) at Civic Field at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Port Angeles 16, Mount Tahoma 0
PA 0 5 1 9 1 x x — 16 18 1
MT 0 0 0 0 0 x x — 0 4 3
WP: Politika LP: Roux.
Pitching
Port Angeles — Politika 4 IP, H, 9 K; Alward IP 3 H, K.
Hitting
Port Angeles — Angevine 4-4, 2B, 3 R, 3 RBI, 3 SB; Acker 3-4, 3 R, RBI; Townsend 2-2, 2B, R, 4 RBI, 2 BB; L. Flodstrom 2-4 R, RBI; E. Flodstrom 1-2, R, RBI; Merideth 1-2, RBI; Shumway 1-3, 2 R; Sohlberg 1-1, R, 2 RBI; Jacobsen 1-4, RBI.
