Pe Ell-Willapa Valley’s Tylar Keeton had a banner day at the plate as we review Wednesday’s prep softball action on the Harbor.

PREP SOFTBALL

Pe Ell-Willapa Valley 14, Raymond-South Bend 4

Pe Ell-Willapa Valley’s offense continued to impress in a 14-4 victory over Raymond-South Bend in the first game of a double header on Wednesday in Pe Ell.

The Titans (7-2, 2-1 2B Pacific) had 15 hits in the game – six for extra bases – with most of the damage being done by the top half of the lineup.

PWV’s top five batters went a combined 14-for-19 (.737) and scored 12 runs with 12 RBI against Ravens pitchers.

Third baseman Rilyn Channell was a perfect 4-for-4 with four RBI; center fielder Lauren Matlock had two triples and four runs scored; and first baseman Jillian Hodel and left fielder Karlie Phelps each had three hits for PWV.

Freshman outfielder Tylar Keeton belted a walk-off, two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth to put the Titans up 10 runs and end the game.

Lauren Emery earned the win, allowing three earned runs on seven hits and seven strikeouts in six innings pitched.

RSB scored a pair of runs in both the top of the fifth and sixth innings and was led by Berklee Morley, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.

RSB 000 022 – 4 7 1

PWV 232 214 – 14 15 3

WP: Emery (6 IP, 4R, 3ER, 7H, 7K). LP: Payne (4.2 IP, 11R, 9ER, 13H, 4BB).

Leading hitters: RSB – Morley (2-3, 2B, RBI); Glazier (1-3, 3B, R, RBI); Ky. Koski (1-3, R, RBI); Ka. Koski (1-3); Pine (1-3, R); Macey (1-2, R). PWV – Channell (4-4, R, 4RBI); Matlock (3-4, 2 3B, 4R); Hodel (3-3, 2B, 4R, 2RBI); Phelps (3-4, 3B, 2R, 3RBI); Keeton (1-4, HR, R, 3RBI); Lyons (1-4, RBI).

Pe Ell-Willapa Valley 15, Raymond-South Bend 9

Led by Tylar Keeton’s big bat, Pe Ell-Willapa Valley defeated Raymond-South Bend 15-9 in the second game of a double header on Wednesday in Pe Ell.

Keeton had one of the most offensively productive performances of the season, going 4-for-5 with two home runs, two doubles, four runs scored and seven RBI.

The freshman outfielder smacked a two-run home run over the center-field wall for an 8-2 lead in the bottom of the fourth and repeated the feat with a two-run dinger the following frame, staking PWV to an 11-4 lead.

Keeton finished the double header 5-for-9 with three home runs, five runs scored, two doubles and 10 RBI.

Lauren Matlock (4-5, 3B, 2R, RBI) stayed hot with a four-hit game while left fielder Karli Phelps scored three runs and had three RBI in the victory.

PWV had 31 hits as a team in its 12 innings on Wednesday.

The Ravens had nine hits in the game and were led by sophomore third baseman Kassie Koski (2-4, 2 2B, 2R), infielder Berklee Morley (2-4, R, 2RBI) and left fielder Avree Payne (2-4, RBI) with two hits apiece for RSB.

PWV sits a half game behind Ocosta for first place in the 2B Pacific League.

The Titans play at North Beach at 3 p.m. on Monday.

RSB sits in fifth place in the tightly-packed league standings and will face defending state-champion Adna in a non-league contest at 3 p.m. on Tuesday at Adna High School.

RSB 101 025 0 – 9 11 1

PWV 105 324 x – 15 16 1

WP: Barnum (5 IP, 7R, 6ER, 7H, 6K, 5BB). LP: Macey (3.2 IP, 8R, 8ER, 8H, 4BB).

Leading hitters: RSB – Ka. Koski (2-4, 2 2B, 2R); Morley (2-4, R, 2RBI); Payne (2-4, RBI); Glazier (1-3, 2B, RBI); Pine (1-3, 2B, 3RBI); Macey (1-2, R); Kami (1-3, R). PWV – Keeton (4-5, 2 HR, 2 2B, 4R, 7RBI); Matlock (4-5, 3B, 2R, RBI); Phelps (2-4, 3B, 3R, 3RBI); Channell (3-4, 2R, RBI); Milanowski (1-3, 2B, 2RBI); Smaciarz (1-3); Merkel (1-2).

Aberdeen 6, Centralia 2

Playing for the first time in 12 days, Aberdeen broke open a scoreless tie en route to a 6-2 win over Centralia on Wednesday at the Bishop Athletic Complex in Aberdeen.

The Bobcats (7-2, 4-1 2A Evergreen) and Tigers (5-4, 2-2) were locked in a scoreless tie through three innings as Aberdeen starter Annika Hollingsworth and Centralia pitcher McKenna Smith dazzled opposing offenses.

But the Bobcats bats broke through in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Zoe Vessey walked and advanced to third on an error off a ball hit by Laynie Yakovich. Hollingsworth then singled to score Vessey, with Yakovich racing around from second to make it 2-0 after an error on the play.

After Centralia’s third error of the inning followed by a walk to first baseman Lilly Camp, Britten Neal drew a walk with the sacks full to score pinch-runner Audree Gaddis for a 3-0 lead.

An inning later, the Cats were at it again as the first six batters reached base – four via singles – to take a 6-0 lead one a Neal RBI single to score Scotlyn Lecomte and Gaddis.

Centralia finally cracked the code against Hollingsworth in the sixth, scoring a pair of runs on a double off the bat of Makayla Chavez.

But Hollingsworth shut the door in the seventh, striking out the side to end the game.

Hollingsworth went 2-for-4 at the plate with an RBI and allowed two earned runs on three hits with two walks and 11 strikeouts in the complete-game victory.

Aberdeen sits a half game behind Tumwater for the top spot in the 2A Evergreen Conference and a half game up on third-place W.F. West.

The Bobcats face W.F. West in a key league game at 6 p.m. on Friday at Recreation Park in Chehalis.

Centralia 000 002 0 – 2 3 3

Aberdeen 000 330 x – 6 5 2

WP: Hollingsworth (7 IP, 2R, 2ER, 3H, 11K, 2BB). LP: Smith (5 IP, 6R, 5ER, 5H, 3K, 5BB).

Leading hitters: Centralia – Chavez (1-3, 2B, 2RBI); Schofield (1-3, R); Sprague (1-2, R). Aberdeen – Hollingsworth (2-4, RBI); Yakovich (1-3, 2R); Neal (1-2, 3RBI); Lecomte (1-3, R, RBI).

Other games

Women’s College Softball

Lower Columbia 8, Grays Harbor 1 (7 innings)

Lower Columbia 11, Grays Harbor 1 (7 inn.)