UPDATE: A previous version of this article contained incorrect information. Trevon Nichols was the starting pitcher for Aberdeen in the first game of a doubleheader against Tumwater.
The Aberdeen Bobcats baseball team split a key 2A Evergreen League doubleheader with Tumwater as we take a look at all the recent local sports action on the Harbor.
PREP BASEBALL
Tumwater 12, Aberdeen 4
Aberdeen ended its Spring Break with a 12-4 loss to Tumwater in the opening game of a doubleheader on Friday in Tumwater.
The Bobcats (5-4 overall, 2-4 2A Evergreen) trailed 4-0 before tying the game with a four-run top of the fourth inning. Aberdeen scored its runs on an error followed by back-to-back RBI singles from Kale Goings and Mason Sorensen. Bubba Jones tied the game at 4-all when he drove in Hale with a fielder’s choice ground out.
But the Thunderbirds (9-3, 7-1) regained the lead with a run off Cats starter Trevon Nichols in the fourth and scored seven runs in the bottom half of the sixth, all with two outs.
Nichols took the loss, allowing five runs – one earned – on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts over five innings pitched.
Aberdeen 000 400 0 — 4 4 5
Tumwater 040 107 x — 12 8 4
WP: Overbay (3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 5 K, 2 BB; Ramsey (3 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 2 BB). LP: Nichols (5 IP, 5 R, ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 5 K).
Leading hitters: Tumwater – Oram (2-3, BB, 2B, 2 RBI, R); Reveal (2-4, 2B, 3 RBI); Roy (2-2, 2B). Aberdeen – Goings (1-2, RBI); Jones (1-3, RBI); Ancich (1-3, R); Sorensen (1-3, RBI); Hale (0-2, R, RBI).
Aberdeen 10, Tumwater 1
The Bobcats shook off the Game 1 loss to earn a 10-1 victory over Tumwater in the nightcap.
Aberdeen starter Hunter Eisele sparkled on the bump, shutting down the T-birds offense over seven innings. The right-hander allowed one earned run on just four hits and a walk while striking out 10 in an MVP-caliber performance.
While Eisele was stymieing the Tumwater hitters, the Cats were giving him plenty of run-support.
Aberdeen took advantage of T-birds miscues with five runs in the bottom of the second inning. Trevon Nichols scored on an error to tie the game and was followed by Mason Sorensen crossing the plate on a wild pitch to give the Bobcats the lead.
Aidan Baker drove in Kenny Dawson with a fielder’s choice RBI ground out for a 3-1 lead and was followed by Charlie Ancich drawing a walk with the sacks full to make it a 4-1 ballgame.
Baker then scored on an error off a Eisele pop fly for a 5-1 lead.
Aberdeen added some insurance with a run on a Baker single in the fourth; a bases-loaded walk to Sorensen followed by a Kale Goings fielder’s choice RBI ground out for two runs in the fifth; and two runs in the sixth off two bases-loaded hit batsmen, with Ancich and Goings rewarded with RBIs for getting plunked.
Aberdeen scored 10 runs on just four hits, but benefited from seven Tumwater errors, five hit batsmen and six walks.
Jones led the Cats with two hits and a run, with Baker and Goings recording two RBIs apiece.
Aberdeen plays at Black Hills at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Tumwater 100 000 0 — 1 4 7
Aberdeen 050 122 x — 10 4 0
LP: Gaither (3.1 IP 3 H, 6 R, 0 ER, 6 K, 3 BB)
Leading hitters: Tumwater – Overbay (2-2, 2B, 3B, R); Collier (1-3; Bond 1-3). Aberdeen – Jones (2-3, R); Baker (1-4, R, 2 RBI); Nichols (1-3, 2 R); Goings (0-3, 2 RBI); Miller (0-2, 2 R).
Montesano 5, East Valley 3
Montesano traveled to Yakima to pick up a 5-3 victory over East Valley on Friday.
The Bulldogs (7-0) took the early lead when Jackson Busz scored on an error followed by Denali Harris getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the top of the second inning.
Monte went up 4-0 in the fifth when Bode Poler drove in pinch-runner Daylon Schroeder with a single followed two batter later by a run-scoring double off the bat of Josh Wills.
Leading 4-2 in the top of the fifth, Monte added an insurance run when Jaxson Wilson scored on Poler’s second RBI single of the game.
The Red Devils rallied for a run in the bottom of the seventh and had the tying runs on base when Busz got Brody Taylor to line into an game-ending double play to John Kline at first, preserving the 5-3 win.
Busz picked up the save, entering for Monte reliever Skylar Bove with one out and two on in the bottom of the seventh.
Bove pitched 1 1-3 innings of relief, allowing one run – none earned – with a walk and a strikeout.
Monte ace Cam Taylor earned the win, allowing two earned runs on three hits with six walks and four strikeouts in five innings pitched.
Monte’s offense was led by Poler (2-4, 2 RBI) and Wills (1-4, 2B, RBI) as the Bulldogs got eight hits in the game from seven different players.
The Bulldogs play at Naches Valley in a doubleheader scheduled to begin at noon on Saturday.
Montesano 020 021 0 – 5 8 1
East Valley 000 020 1 – 3 4 2
WP: Taylor (5 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 4 K, 6 BB). LP: Goodell (4.2 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 6 H, BB, 3 K). SV: Busz (0.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H)
Leading hitters: Montesano – Poler (2-4, 2 RBI); Wills (1-4, 2B, RBI); Olsen (1-3, R); Ames (1-4); Wilson (1-2, R); Taylor (1-2, RBI); Harris (1-2, R, RBI). East Valley – Field (2-3, 2B); K. Edler (1-3, R); Gurtier (1-3, 2 RBI); Palmateer (0-3, RBI); G. Edler (0-1, 2 R).
MEN’S COLLEGE BASEBALL
Centralia 8, Grays Harbor 1
Grays Harbor opened a doubleheader against Centralia with an 8-1 loss on Thursday in Centralia.
The Chokers (11-19, NWAC West 0-6) got on the board first with a run in the second on a Reese Shioji sacrifice fly to score Hunter Hillyard.
But Centralia (18-10, 4-2) rallied for three runs in the top of the third on a squeeze bunt, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly.
In the fourth, Centralia added a run on a River Terry solo home run and scored four in the fifth on a sac fly, a fielder’s choice and a bases-loaded walk.
Oliver Lang took the loss for GHC, allowing three earned runs on two hits with two walks and four strikeouts in three innings of work.
Hillyard led the Chokers at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored.
Centralia 003 140 000 – 8 7 0
Grays Harbor 010 000 000 – 1 4 1
WP: Martindale (3.2 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 2 K, BB). LP: Lang (3 IP, 3 ER, 2 H, 4 K, 2 BB).
Leading hitters: Centralia – Terry (3-4, 2B, HR, R, RBI); Harries (2-5, 2 R, RBI). GHC – Hillyard (2-3, R); Roundy (1-3); Thomson (1-4).
Centralia 3, Grays Harbor 0
Grays Harbor’s offense struggled to score off Centralia starting pitcher Ian Bauer in a 3-0 loss in the second game of a doubleheader on Thursday.
Bauer held the Chokers offense to just three hits in a seven-inning, complete-game shutout performance.
Preston Vine Close (2-2) and Aaron Lano (1-2) were the only Chokers to collect a base hit as Bauer faced just 23 batters in the contest.
The lack of offense spoiled an otherwise solid performance from the GHC pitching staff.
Starter Luke Stutesman (3.2 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 7 BB, 9 K) took the loss with Jake Johnson (2.1 IP, 0 R, H, BB, 6 K) and Wyatt Smith (IP, 0 R, BB, 2 K) combining to throw 3 1-3 innings of scoreless relief.
With the loss, the Chokers’ losing streak extended to six games.
GHC will take on Centralia once again for a doubleheader scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday in Centralia.
Centralia 000 300 0 – 3 5 0
Grays Harbor 000 000 0 – 0 3 0
WP: Bauer (7 IP, 0 R, 3 H, BB, 8 K). LP: Stutesman (3.2 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 7 BB, 9 K).
Leading hitters: Centralia – Keller (1-4, 2B, R); Harries (1-2, R, RBI); Vine-Close (2-2); Lano (1-2).
Other scores
College Softball
Centralia 8, Grays Harbor 0
Centralia 17, Grays Harbor 2
