Swain’s picks up two Babe Ruth victories
PORT ANGELES — Swain’s picked up two Olympic Junior Babe Ruth baseball victories recently, knocking off Sequim First Federal 17-2 and taking down Clallam Co-op 5-1.
Joel Wood pitched four innings, allowing only two hits and a run in the win over First Federal.
Milo Whitman finished the game, allowing a hit and a run in two innings.
Tim Adams, Tanner Lunt and Trevor Shumway all tallied two hits for Swain’s.
Bo Bradow, Dane Bradow, Gavin Guerrero, Mitchell Knutson, Wood and Whitman all singled.
Elandon Washburn doubled, singled and scored a run for First Federal. Josh Sutton also singled.
Against Clallam Co-op, Dane Bradow struck out 10 and allowed just one run in five innings pitched for Swain’s.
Adams came on and pitched two scoreless innings in relief.
Bo Bradow had two hits for Swain’s.
Guerrero and Shumway led Swain’s outfield defense.
Co-op had a strong pitching performance from Nathan Miller, who tallied three shutout innings.
Johnny Young and Alexander Gordash had hits for Co-op, and first baseman Jared Bates turned in a solid defensive performance.
Swain’s wins big
PORT ANGELES — Swain’s picked up two Cal Ripken baseball wins last week, dropping Local 155 12-2 and bowling over Laurel Lanes 13-2.
Swain’s out-hit Local 10-2, getting three hits from Matt Mangano and two from Beckett Jarnagin.
Kamron Noard, Matt Mangano, Chase Cobb and Beckett Jarnagin each pitched one inning, teaming to limit Local to two hits.
Local’s hits came from Colby Groves and Elijah Flodstrom.
Swain’s again pounded out 10 hits against Laurel Lanes.
Noard notched two singles and a double and Parker Nickerson had two doubles for Swain’s.
Noard, Jarnagin, Mangano and Robby Fors each pitched one inning, holding Laurel to two hits.
Hunter Robinson and Joe Hill singled for Laurel Lanes.
Elks takes pair
PORT ANGELES — Elks picked up three wins last week in 12U Cal Ripken League baseball action.
This included two wins against Rotary Friday at Lincoln Park.
The first game was the completion of a previously suspended game, and the outcome took even longer to be decided when the game went to extra innings.
Elks came out on top 8-6 in eight innings.
The visiting Elks led off the final frame with a Wyatt Hall walk, a nicely executed sacrifice bunt by Damon Gundersen that moved Hall to third base, RBI singles by Connor Bear and Seth Woods and an RBI double by Jake Jacobsen that nearly left the yard.
Rotary answered with a run in the bottom of the inning, but Elks was able to finish it off.
Bear led Elks on offense, going 4 for 5. Woods was 3 for 5, Hall 2 for 2 and Coen Cronk 2 for 4.
Rotary’s Brayden Emery doubled twice, and Rafael Moreno also had two hits in the game.
Game two was dominated by pitching as the Elks held on for a 2-1 win.
Elks hurlers Woods, Bear and Hall limited Rotary to just three hits.
Rotary’s pitching was solid as well, as Jake Felton and Ty Bradow allowed only four hits.
Hall was 2 for 3 and scored both of Elks’ runs. Niko Ross and Bear each drove him home with RBI singles.
Rotary threatened in the top of the sixth when Felton led off with a single that was followed by an error that put runners at second and third with no outs.
Hall was able to close it out by striking out the next three batters.
Rotary was led at the plate by Logan Beebe, who drove in Felton with an RBI single, and Emery, who contributed a double.
Elks edged Laurel Lanes 10-9 Wednesday.
The game was a dogfight that featured two blown leads by Elks, a seven-run inning for Laurel Lanes, several excellent defensive plays by Laurel Lanes and a resilient Elks offense that battled back to eke out the win and overcome its pitching and defensive lapses.
Bear led Elks at the plate with a 3 for 4 night, while Hunter Wright, Damon Gundersen, Woods and Hall each collected two hits.
Kolten Corey pitched two effective innings in relief, and he and Jaeden Platt each came up with RBI singles in the game.
Laurel’s Zane Glassock turned in two stops on hard ground balls at shortstop, and Maddox Pangaro played solid defense at third.
KONP tunes in
PORT ANGELES — KONP served up a 15-5 victory against Kiwanis in a 16U softball contest last Monday.
Pitcher Izzy Dennis struck out the side in the first inning and KONP’s hitters staked her to a 3-0 lead.
Kiwanas tied the game in the second with the help of some alert base running and a nice bunt by Abbi Cottam.
KONP scored four runs in its half of the second on three walks and singles from Gabby Valadez and Dennis.
KONP added eight more runs over the final three frames, with Casey Hale bringing home the game-ending run on an infield single.
Rotary clips Eagles
PORT ANGELES — Rotary knocked off Eagles 9-1 in 12U Cal Ripken League baseball play Thursday.
Ty Bradow notched three RBIs and Rafael Moreno added two RBIs to lead Rotary.
Jake Felton owned the pitcher’s mound for Rotary, striking out 12 batters in five innings.
Moreno, Brayden Emery and Logan Beebe each had multi-hit games.
Kiwanis picks up win
PORT ANGELES — Kiwanis labored for a 12-8 16U softball victory against ILWU behind the solid pitching of Aiyana Jackson.
Jackson walked four batters and hit another, forcing ILWU hitters to swing their bats over five innings.
Kiwanis executed two double plays to curtail two ILWU rallies.
Leadoff batter Amaris Martinez reached base and scored in all four plate appearances for Kiwanis.
Chelsea Carpenter led ILWU at the plate, getting two hits and scoring three runs, including a double to lead off the third inning.
Laurie Smith, Devin Scriber and Jelena Dewey all reached base safely and each scored a run.
Aiyana Jackson had two base hits and walked twice, while Abbi Cottam singled and doubled to drive in three runs.
