SEQUIM — Sequim freshman Gavin Velarde’s two-out sacrifice fly pushed the Sequim baseball team to a 3-2 victory against rival Port Angeles.
The winning run broke up a pitching duel between the Roughriders’ Janson Pederson and the Wolves’ Tanner Rhodefer.
Rhodefer got the win in Wednesday’s game after Velarde’s sacrifice fly.
He went the distance, striking out 11 and allowing one earned run on six hits and three walks.
“He struck out 11 and that’s a no-no for us,” Port Angeles coach Vic Reykdal said.
“Give that kid [Rhodefer] credit, he did a great job, but we’ve got to make an adjustment and put the ball in play and at least give us chances to move runners around.”
Rhodefer and the Sequim defense was able to strand seven Riders base runners.
“Same old, same old for us, two games in a row,” Reykdal said.
We’ve had good defense and good pitching these last two games, but cant seem to come up with a hit when we need to.
“We left a runner on third in the second, then we left a runner on third in the fourth, and then we left the bases loaded in the fourth.”
Pederson went 6 2/3 innings for Port Angeles, allowing three runs on just three hits and three walks, while striking out six.
“He was effective for us,” Reykdal said.
Sequim’s Daniel Harker opened the bottom of the seventh with a double.
“We went ahead and put Nigel Christian on to keep the forces on at the bases,” Reykdal said.
Pederson retired two batters, but then hit a batter to load the bases.
“We were in a bit of a jam there, with our infielders in and he [Velarde] hit just enough of it to get the run in,” Reykdal said.
Sequim 3, Port Angeles 2
Port Angeles 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 6 0
Sequim 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 — 3 3 0
WP- Tanner Rhodefer; LP- Janson Pederson
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Pederson 62⁄3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6K.
Sequim: Rhodefer 7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 10 K.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Bohman 2-3; Pederson 1-3; Crawford 1-3; Ben Basden 1-3; Matt Hendry 1-4, R; Logan Ciaciuch 0-2, 2 BB, R.
Sequim: Daniel Harker 1-3, 2B R; Ian Dennis 1-2, RBI; Rhodefer 1-3, R; Velarde sac. fly, RBI.
Chimacum 13, Port Townsend 3
CHIMACUM — The Cowboys picked up their second straight Olympic League win after topping the rival Redhawks in five innings.
“Today was a nice, solid win,” Chimacum coach Andy Lingle said.
“Our pitchers threw lots of strikes, and our defense played well behind them, without an error.”
The Cowboys had a 4-0 lead in the fourth when Port Townsend rallied for three runs.
But Chimacum answered right back with four runs in the bottom half of the inning, and five more in the fifth to end the game.
Jonny Rogers led the Cowboys at the plate, going 3 for 4 for four RBIs and two runs.
Henry Lovekamp had two hits and scored two runs, and Lane Dotson reached base in every at-bat, going 3 for 3 with a walk and two runs.
Chimacum (2-3, 2-12) hosts No. 1 Klahowya (3-0, 14-0) on Friday.
Port Townsend (1-4, 1-10) welcomes Coupeville on Friday.
Chimacum 13, Port Townsend 3, 5 innings
Port Townsend 0 0 0 3 0 — 3 6 3
Chimacum 3 0 1 4 5 — 13 12 0
Hitting Statistics
Chimacum: Jonny Rogers 3-4, 4 RBIs, 2 R; Henry Lovekamp 2-4 2 R; Lane Dotson 3-3, BB, 2 R.
Softball
Chimacum 12, Port Townsend 0
CHIMACUM — Bradyn Nelson went 3 for 4 with two doubles and Kyah McKinlay was 2 for 3 with three RBIs to power the Cowboys past the Redhawks.
Ryley Eldridge earned the win on the mound in Wednesday’s game, allowing four hits and four walks but no Port Townsend runs.
Eldrige also knocked an RBI triple for Chimacum (4-1, 7-5).
Kiersten Snyder also had an RBI triple for the Cowboys and Maisy Simon had an RBI single.
Chimacum hosts the Port Angeles JV on Monday.
The Redhawks (0-4, 0-8) host Coupeville on Friday.
Boys Soccer
Hoquiam 1, Forks 0 (Penalty Kicks)
ABERDEEN — The Spartans held their own with the Grizzlies in an Evergreen League match which ended up decided by a penalty kick shootout.
“We are in last place and they are a league contender that beat us 3-0 earlier in the season at home,” Forks coach Joe Morton said.
“We went down there determined to make a good showing.
“Even though they had a huge advantage in ball control, our stingy defense kept them at bay.
“We just couldn’t get a good shot off to complete our role as the spoilers.”
Morton said Spencer Inners helped the Spartans defense keep Hoquiam out of the net.
“Spencer Inners, a recent addition to our defense, has stepped in at center back and really helped our defense with his height, speed, and heads-up playing,” Morton said.
“Samuel Gomez has also anchored our center mid position and is very good at slowing the other team as well as transitioning to offense.”
Forks received strong play from Alex Martinez and Paco Bocanegra in the first overtime period.
“I was very impressed with our ability to dig deep inside and keep fighting,” Morton said.
The contest went to penalty kicks and Hoquiam converted to take the win.
“Fernando Silva, our goalie, had 19 saves as well as one [of] the PK’s to keep us in the game,” Morton said.
“We have three games left in our season, and will try to shake up the standings.”
The Spartans (0-11, 1-12) host Aberdeen (10-2, 11-3) today.
