Montesano earned a one-run win over a 3A-class team while Raymond-South Bend and Pe Ell-Willapa Valley swept league doubleheaders as we review a busy Tuesday of Twin Harbors softball games.
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PREP SOFTBALL
Montesano 1, Kelso 0
Not even a full season into her prep career and Montesano freshman Violet Prince continues to prove she is the real deal.
Prince allowed just three hits and struck out 12 to lead the Bulldogs to a 1-0 victory over 3A-class Kelso on Tuesday in Montesano.
The Bulldogs (12-4 overall) scored a run in the bottom of the first when Lex Stanfield – on board via a one-out error – came in to score on a two-out single by Addi Kersker.
That was enough for Prince, who threw two straight strikeouts to get out of a two-on, one-out jam in the second and worked around a Karmynn Petrisor leadoff double in the third.
The Bulldogs defense pitched in with a key 4-6-3 double play started by second baseman Jaelyn Butterfield and turned by Kersker at short to end a Hilanders (7-5) two-on, one-out rally in the sixth.
Prince tossed a 1-2-3 seventh to earn the complete-game shutout victory.
“The team played good defense for seven innings while Violet Prince pitched a great game,” said Montesano head coach Pat Pace, whose team has won 12 of its last 13 games.
Paityn Mackin took the hard-luck loss for Kelso, allowing one unearned run on just two hits with a walk and eight strikeouts.
Montesano faces Hoquiam at 6 p.m. on Thursday in Hoquiam.
Kelso 000 000 0 – 0 3 1
Montesano 100 000 x – 1 2 1
WP: Prince (7 IP, 0R, 3H, 2BB, 12K). LP: Mackin (6 IP, R, 0ER, 2H, BB, 8K).
Leading hitters: Kelso – Hefley (2-2); Petrisor (1-2). Montesano 2 Kersker (1-2, RBI); Robinson (1-3).
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Raymond-South Bend 14, Forks 1
Raymond-South Bend cruised to a 14-1 victory over Forks in the first game of a doubleheader on Tuesday in Forks.
The Ravens (10-1, 6-0 2B Pacific) battered Spartans pitching for 14 runs on 12 hits, drew six walks and scored seven unearned runs thanks to five Spartans errors.
Heavy-hitting catcher Ava Pine led the Ravens with three hits – including two doubles – and drove in three runs.
Center fielder Emma Glazier and infielder Kassie Koski had two hits and two runs apiece for RSB.
Summer Stigall allowed one unearned run on six walks without surrendering a hit in five innings pitched to earn the win. Stigall struck out 10 Spartans in the victory.
RSB 206 33 – 14 12 1
Forks 000 10 – 1 0 5
WP: Stigall (5 IP, R, 0ER, 0H, 6BB, 10K). LP: Gaydeski (5 IP, 14R, 7ER, 12H, 7K).
Leading hitters: RSB – Pine (3-4, 2 2B, R, 3RBI); Glazier (2-3, 2R, RBI, SB): Koski (2-4, 2R, 2RBI); Morley (1-4, R); Lewis (1-3, 2R); Enlow (1-4, R, 2RBI); San (1-3, R, 2RBI, SB); Houk (1-1, 4R).
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Raymond-South Bend 12, Forks 3
Raymond-South Bend’s hit parade continued with a 12-3 win over Forks in the nightcap on Tuesday.
Five of the Ravens’ 14 hits in the game went for extra bases, including home runs by pitcher Macey Enlow and star center fielder Emma Glazier.
The middle of the Ravens lineup – the third through fifth hitters – went a combined 9 for 13 (.692) with eight runs scored and eight RBI.
Enlow earned the victory, allowing three unearned runs on four hits and nine walks with nine strikeouts in seven innings pitched.
Though they brought their big bats to the ball field on Tuesday, RSB head coach Dakota Parks said it was the little things that made the difference.
“Our pitchers did a really good job, they were lights out. … Ava Pine threw out maybe four or five girls. We capitalized on all the mistakes (Forks) was making,” she said. “The little things matter and (Forks) wasn’t doing those little things. (Ravens players) even came up to me and said, ‘Hey look, we’re doing all those little things and they are not,’ and I said, ‘Exactly.’”
RSB sits in a tie with PWV for first place in the 2B Pacific League and will face Toledo at 4 p.m. on Thursday in Toledo High School.
Forks 200 100 0 – 3 4 3
RSB 031 503 x – 12 14 1
WP: Enlow (7 IP, 3R, 0ER, 4H, 9BB, 9K). LP: Johnson (4 IP, 9R, 4ER, 9H, 5BB, 4K).
Leading hitters: RSB – Enlow (3-4, HR, R, 3RBI); Pine (2-3, R); Glazier (2-3, HR, 3B, 3R, 3RBI); Koski (2-3, 2B, 3R, 2RBI); McMullen (1-3, R); Mark (1-2, R, RBI); White (1-1).
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Pe Ell-Willapa Valley 21, Chief Leschi 1
Pe Ell-Willapa Valley put away Chief Leschi early with a 21-1 win in the first game of a doubleheader on Tuesday in Pe Ell.
The Titans (9-3, 6-0 2B Pacific) had 12 hits in the game – eight for extra bases – including a three-run home run off the bat of center fielder Lauren Matlock in a 15-run bottom of the first inning.
Right fielder Brookelyn King had a prodigious game at the dish with three hits – including a triple and two doubles – and seven RBI to lead PWV.
Eliza Barnum earned the win for the Titans, allowing on run on two walks with no hits and seven strikeouts in the three-inning, mercy-rule victory.
Chief Leschi 100 – 1 0 1
PWV (15)6x – 21 12 0
WP: Barnum (3 IP, R, ER, 0H, 2BB, 7K). LP: n/a.
Leading hitters: PWV – King (3-3, 3B, 2 2B, 2R, 7RBI); Matlock (2-2, HR, 3R, 3RBI); Channell (2-2, 2B, 3R, 2RBI); Keeton (1-1, 3B, 3R); Phelps (1-2, 2R, RBI); Ruddell (1-1, 2B, 3R, RBI); Merkel (1-2, R, RBI); S. Milanowski (1-1, 2B, 2RBI).
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Pe Ell-Willapa Valley 26, Chief Leschi 1
Pe Ell-Willapa Valley completed the twin-bill sweep with a 26-1 win over the Warriors in the nightcap.
The Titans once again scored 15 runs in the first inning to put the game away early as the PWV bats stayed red hot.
PWV pitcher Jillian Hodel led the way with a mammoth game, going 4 for 4 with three inside-the-park home runs, a triple, four runs scored and six RBI.
Hodel earned the win, allowing just one unearned run on one hit with six strikeouts in three innings pitched.
Third baseman Izzy Milanowski (4-4, 2B, R, 5RBI) and center fielder Lauren Matlock (4-4, 2B, 3R, 2RBI) also had four hits in the game for a Titans team that had 24 hits – 13 for extra bases – including an inside-the-park home run by second baseman C.J. Sipp.
PWV takes on Rochester in a non-league game set for 4 p.m. on Friday in Rochester.
PWV (15)74 – 26 24 1
Chief Leschi 100 – 1 1 0
WP: Hodel (3 IP, R, 0ER, H, 6K). LP: n/a.
Leading hitters: PWV – Hodel (4-4, 3 HR, 3B, 4R, 6RBI); I. Milanowski (4-4, 2B, R, 5RBI); Matlock (4-4, 2 2B, 3R, 2RBI); Phelps (3-4, 2 2B, 3R, 4RBI, 2 SB); Sipp (3-3, HR, 4R, 3RBI, 2 SB); Keeton (2-3, 2 2B, 3R, RBI); Magruder (2-3, R, 3RBI); Smaciarz (1-1, 4R); Jerles (1-2, 2B, 3R, RBI).
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Ocosta 29, Oakville 2
Ocosta capitalized on Oakville mistakes en route to a 29-2 win on Tuesday in Westport.
The Wildcats (4-3) scored 26 unearned runs thanks to eight Acorns errors in the game.
Pitcher Joanah Rosander led the way with three hits – two for triples – scored three runs and drove in seven for Ocosta.
Shortstop Elly Mirante also had three hits, scored five runs and drove in six while catcher Gabby Ness scored five runs for Ocosta.
Rosander allowed two unearned runs on one hit with five walks and nine strikeouts in four innings pitched.
The Wildcats play at Naselle at 4 p.m. on Friday.
Oakville 100 1 – 2 1 8
Ocosta (11)(14)4 – 29 12 3
WP: Rosander (4 IP, 2R, 0ER, H, 5BB, 9K). LP: Klatush (3 IP, 29R, 3ER, 12H, 12BB, 2K).
Leading hitters: Mirante (3-5, 2B, 5R, 6RBI); Rosander (3-4, 2 3B, 3R, 7RBI); Schlegel (2-4, 4R, 4RBI); Olive (2-2, 2R, 4RBI); Ness (1-3, 5R); Britton (1-1, 4R, RBI); Blake (0-2, 3R, RBI); Lenord (0-2, 2R, RBI).
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Other games
Ilwaco 6, North Beach 3
Ilwaco 10, North Beach 7
