Montesano struggled against a solid 4A team, losing 10-0 in five innings against Puyallup on Saturday in Montesano.
The Bulldogs (9-4 overall) managed just one hit off Vikings starter Lauryn Krick, who retired 15 of 16 batters faced after surrendering a first-inning leadoff single to Monte left fielder Liv Robinson.
Monte trailed 3-0 after Puyallup’s Kyra Smith hit a two-run home run in the top of the third.
The Vikings (11-2) added five in the top of the fourth and two in the fifth to put the game in mercy-rule territory.
PHOTO BY FOREST WORGUM Montesano’s Regan Wintrip, left, fields a throw during a 10-0 loss to Puyallup on Saturday in Montesano.
Monte starter Riley Timmons took the loss, allowing eight earned runs on 10 hits and three walks with five strikeouts against the state’s 12th-ranked 4A team.
Aside from Robinson, Monte’s only other baserunner in the game was Kylee Wisdom, who reached on an error to leadoff the bottom of the second.
Montesano managed just two total bases in the game, never having a runner advance past first base against the stingy pitching of Krick.
Montesano has a key league game against Elma at 4 p.m. on Thursday in Elma.
Puyallup 102 52 – 10 10 1
Montesano 000 00 – 0 1 2
WP: Krick (5 IP, 0 R, H, 7 K). LP: Timmons (5 IP, 10 R, 8 ER, 10 H, 3 BB, 5 K).
Leading hitters: Puyallup – Smith (2-3, HR, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI); Thomas (2-3, 2B, 2 R); Takayoshi (2-3, RBI); Jamison (1-2, R, 3 RBI); Johnston (1-3, 2 R); Hargrove (1-3, R, RBI); Havice (1-2, 2B, R, RBI). Montesano – Robinson (1-2).
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Grays Harbor 14, Olympic 5
After splitting a doubleheader on Saturday, Grays Harbor College opened a Sunday twin bill with a 14-5 win over Olympic at Bremerton.
GHC (16-24, 5-11 NWAC West) scored five runs over the first two innings, highlighted by a Cameron Erickson two-run home run in the first and run-scoring singles from Hunter Hillyard and Chase Thomson in the second.
The Chokers added three runs in the seventh, including a two-run double by Reese Shioji, who later scored on an error.
GHC tacked on four more runs in the top of the ninth, with Aaron Lano, Ian Winterhalder, Thomson and Shioji driving in runs with singles.
Ocosta’s Colby Scheuber earned the win, allowing no runs on one hit with four strikeouts in three innings pitched.
Shioji had four hits, three runs and four RBI for the Chokers.
Grays Harbor 320 000 306 – 14 14 0
Olympic 000 010 400 – 5 6 1
WP: Scheuber (3 IP, 0 R, H, 4 K). LP: Hendrickson (6 IP, 5 R, 5 ER, 7 H, 3 BB, 2 K).
Leading hitters: GHC – Shioji (4-5, 2B, 3 R, 4 RBI); Hillyard (3-6, 2B, 2 R, RBI); Thomson (2-5, R, 2 RBI); Erickson (1-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI); Roundy (1-3, R); Vine-Close (1-4, 2 R, RBI); Lano (1-4, R, RBI). Olympic – Arashiro (2-4, R).
Grays Harbor 5, Olympic 3
The Chokers took three of four games over the weekend with a 5-3 win over Olympic in the nightcap.
GHC took control of the game early with three runs in the top of the first inning. Ian Winterhalder put the Chokers on the board with a two-run home run followed by an Aidan McMurdo RBI single.
After Olympic (3-31, 1-15) tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the fourth, Preston Vine-Close gave GHC the lead with a single to right field to drive in Reese Shioji.
In the seventh, Shioji singled to drive in Montesano’s Aaron Lano for a 5-3 lead.
GHC’s Jake Johnson earned the win, allowing three earned runs on seven hits with two walks and five strikeouts.
Brandon Roundy picked up the save, throwing a scoreless seventh with two strikeouts.
The Chokers have a four-game series at Lower Columbia starting at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Grays Harbor 300 001 1 – 5 8 2
Olympic 010 200 0 – 3 7 0
WP: Johnson (6 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 7 H, 2 BB, 5 K). LP: Furuya (6 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 7 H, 3 BB, 6 K). SV: Roundy (IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 K).
Leading hitters: GHC – Winterhalder (2-3, HR, R, 2 RBI); Shioji (2-4, R, RBI); McMurdo (2-4, 2B, RBI); Hillyard (1-4, R); Vine-Close (1-2, RBI). Olympic – Killion (3-4, HR, R, 2 RBI).
Other scores
Grays Harbor 2, Olympic 1 (Saturday)
Olympic 6, Grays Harbor 5 (Saturday)
