Montesano and Elma emerged from Spring Break with victories as we review Tuesday’s prep softball action on the Harbor.
PREP SOFTBALL
Montesano 12, Eatonville 0
Montesano showed no signs of rust coming off a long Spring Break with a 12-0 rout of Eatonville on Tuesday at Montesano High School.
The Bulldogs (2-2 overall, 1-0 1A Evergreen) needed just one half-inning to leave little doubt as to the outcome.
Monte scored 11 runs in the bottom of the first inning as the first seven Bulldogs batters reached base with singles.
Infielder Addi Kersker capped the inning with an RBI triple to stake the Bulldogs to an 11-0 lead.
The Bulldogs tacked on a run in the third when pitcher Riley Timmons singled with two outs to score Josie Forster with Monte’s 12th run.
That was more than enough run support for Timmons, who was sharp in allowing one hit and a walk while striking out 13 in pitching five shutout innings to earn the win.
Of Timmons’ 81 pitches in the game, 49 were for strikes (60%).
Ten different hitters collected a base hit for Montesano in the game, with left fielder Liv Robinson (2-2, 2R, RBI), catcher Ali Parkin (2-2, 2B, RBI), Timmons (2-3, RBI) and Kersker (2-2, 3B, R, RBI) having multi-hit games.
Six Eatonville errors led to four unearned runs for Montesano, which didn’t draw a walk in the game.
The Bulldogs face Royal in a rematch of last season’s 1A State Championship game at 7 p.m. on Friday at Walla Walla Community College.
Eatonville 000 00 – 0 1 6
Montesano (11)01 0x – 12 14 0
WP: Timmons (5 IP, 0R, H, 13K, BB). LP: Smith (4 IP, 12R, 8ER, 14H, 2K).
Leading hitters: Eatonville – Smith (1-2). Montesano – Robinson (2-2, 2R, RBI); Parkin (2-2, 2B, RBI); Timmons (2-3, RBI); Kersker (2-2, 3B, R, RBI); Wisdom (1-2, 2R); C. Wintrip (1-2, R, RBI); Jones (1-1, 2R); Stanfield (1-1, R, 2RBI); Maldonado (1-3).
Elma 12, Tenino 4
Elma turned a close, one-run game into a convincing 12-4 victory over Tenino on Tuesday in Tenino.
The Eagles (4-1, 2-0 1A Evergreen) trailed 1-0 through three innings of play, but turned the game on its ear with five runs in the top of the fourth, tying the game on an Emmie Spencer RBI-single and taking a 2-1 lead on a Aubree Simmons single to score Callie Galligan.
With Spencer and Simmons on base, senior outfielder Aaleigha Weld drove the first pitch she saw over the center-field fence for a three-run home run and a 5-1 lead.
The Eagles added three runs in the top of the fifth, highlighted by a two-run home run off the bat of Lynsee Bednarik, and took an 11-2 lead with three runs in the top of the sixth, scoring on a wild pitch and two fielder’s choice ground outs.
Spencer drew a bases-loaded walk in the seventh to push across Raelynn Weld for a 12-4 lead.
Eagles pitcher Jasmyne Fish earned the win, allowing three runs on six hits with four walks and eight strikeouts in five innings of work.
Keira White pitched two innings of relief for Elma, allowing an earned run on two hits with three strikeouts to close out the victory.
Nine Eagles recorded a base hit in the game, led by catcher Raelynn Weld (3-4, 2R), Aeligha Weld (2-3, HR, 3B, 2R, 3RBI), Bednarik (2-5, HR, 2B, R, 2RBI) Spencer (2-4, 2R, 3RBI) and Chloe Donais (2-3, 2B), each with multi-hit games.
Elma hosts Tenino at 4 p.m. on Thursday.
Elma 000 533 1 – 12 15 1
Tenino 010 012 0 – 4 8 1
WP: Kish (5 IP, 3R, 3ER, 6H, 4BB, 8K). LP: Grayless (6.2 IP, 12R, 12ER, 15H, 4K, 4BB).
Leading hitters: Elma – R. Weld (3-4, 2R); Ae. Weld (2-3, HR, 3B, 2R, 3RBI); Bednarik (2-5, HR, 2B, R, 2RBI); Spencer (2-4, 2R, 3RBI); Donais (2-3, 2B); Simmons (1-4, R, RBI); Galligan (1-4, R, RBi); Ash. Weld (1-4, 2R); Comer (1-1, R). Tenino – Hussey (3-3, 2B); Grayless (2-3, 2B, R); Snodderly (1-4, RBI); Goodwin (1-4); Burkhardt (1-4, 2B, R); Woodward (0-2, R, RBI, BB).
Other games
Naselle 17, North Beach 7
