Aberdeen starting pitcher Hunter Eisele dominated Black Hills in a 6-0 victory in the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday in Aberdeen.
Eisele shut down the Wolves (0-10 overall, 0-7 2A Evergreen) by allowing just two hits and a walk with 15 strikeouts, earning a complete-game shutout victory in the process.
Aberdeen (7-4, 4-4) scratched across runs in both the bottom of the first and second innings on passed balls and added three runs in the third, highlighted by a Mason Sorensen RBI single.
Aidan Baker drove in Bubba Jones with a single for the Bobcats’ sixth run in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Aberdeen drew seven walks in the game and benefited by four wild pitches from the Black Hills pitching staff.
Black Hills 000 000 0 – 0 2 1
Aberdeen 113 001 x – 6 4 2
WP: Eisele (7 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 15 K, BB); LP: Golder (4 IP, 5 R, 3 ER, 3 H, 4 K, 5 BB).
Leading hitters: BH – Shepler (1-3); Otto (1-3). Aberdeen – Sorensen (1-3, 2 RBI); Baker (1-3, R, RBI); Goings (1-2, 2 R); Hale (1-3, R).
PHOTO BY FOREST WORGUM Aberdeen first baseman Kenny Dawson, right, tags out a Black Hills runner during a doubleheader sweep on Wednesday in Aberdeen.
Aberdeen 4, Black Hills 3
Aberdeen scored two runs in the top of the seventh to win the nightcap 4-3 and sweep Black Hills on Thursday in Aberdeen.
The Bobcats trailed 3-2 with just three outs left before rallying to win the game.
Charlie Ancich led off the top of the seventh with a single and advanced to second on Hunter Eisele’s sacrifice bunt.
After a ground out moved pinch-runner Trey Anderson to third representing the tying run, a Wolves error on a ball hit to third by Kale Goings allowed Anderson to knot up the game at 3-all.
Goings’ speed then caused problems for the Wolves as the senior stole second, advanced to third and a few pitches later scored the go-ahead run on a balk call.
Aberdeen starter Baylor Ainsworth shut down Black Hills in the bottom of the seventh, striking out two of the three batters in the frame to secure the doubleheader sweep.
Ainsworth allowed three runs – one earned – on seven hits and seven strikeouts with no walks in earning a complete-game victory.
While being outhit 7-2, the Bobcats drew nine walks in the game.
Aberdeen takes on Rochester at 4:30 p.m. on Friday in Aberdeen.
Aberdeen 010 010 2 – 4 2 3
Black Hills 021 000 0 – 3 7 1
WP: Ainsworth (7 IP, 3 R, ER, 7 H, 7 K). LP: n/a
Leading hitters: Aberdeen – Ancich (1-3); Miller (1-3, RBI); Goings (0-3, 2 R, BB). BH – Otto (3-3, 2B, R, RBI); Shepler (1-2, R); Lynch (1-3, R); Parkinson (1-3).
Mossyrock 4, Pe Ell-Willapa Valley 0
There were more runs scored than hits as Mossyrock defeated Pe Ell-Willapa Valley 4-0 on Wednesday in Mossyrock.
PWV (6-2, 3-0 2B Pacific) allowed three unearned runs in the first inning after an error allowed two runs to cross the plate followed by a bases-loaded walk.
Mossyrock scratched across a run in the second on a steal of home to go up 4-0.
The loss spoiled a solid pitching performance from PWV starter Garrett Keeton, who allowed one earned run on one hit and three walks with 10 strikeouts in six innings pitched.
PWV will face Winlock at 4 p.m. on Monday in Winlock.
PWV 000 000 0 – 0 2 4
Mossyrock 310 000 0 – 4 1 4
WP: Young (5 IP, 0 R, H, 9 K, 4 BB). LP: G. Keeton (6 IP, 4 R, ER, H, 3 BB, 10 K).
Leading hitters: PWV – Howard (1-4); K. Clements (1-2). Mossyrock – Kolb (1-2, R); Young (0-2, R, 2 RBI).
Naselle 9, Ocosta 3
Ocosta managed just one base hit in a 9-3 loss to Naselle on Wednesday in Westport.
The Wildcats (3-4, 2-2 2B Pacific) took a 3-2 lead with a three-run second inning, scoring all three runs with two outs.
Josh Figueroa drove in the Wildcats’ first run with a bases-loaded walk followed by a two run error to score Xander Prigmore and Mark Sevilla, giving Ocosta a 3-2 lead.
But the Comets would respond with a pair of runs in the top of the fourth to regain the lead and pulled away with four runs in the fifth.
Mark Sevilla went 1-for-2 with a run to lead the Wildcats.
Ocosta plays Montesano’s junior varsity team in a doubleheader scheduled to start at 3 p.m. Thursday in Westport.
Naselle 200 240 1 – 9 5 4
Ocosta 030 000 0 – 3 1 2
WP: Helvey (4 IP, 0 R, H, 7 K). LP: Bishop (5 IP, 6 R, 4 ER, 5 H, 3 K, 5 BB).
Leading hitters: Naselle – Bergeson (1-3, 2B, R, RBI); Lindstrom (2-5, R, RBI); Lindstrom (1-3, R); Chadwick (1-4, R). Ocosta – Sevilla (1-2, R); Figueroa (0-3, RBI).
PREP SOFTBALL
Aberdeen 9, Centralia 3
Aberdeen picked up a key league victory with a 9-3 win over Centralia on Wednesday in Aberdeen.
Aberdeen (6-3, 4-1 2A Evergreen) smacked 14 hits – including five doubles – to hand Centralia (7-1, 3-1) its first league loss of the season and move into first place in the 1A Evergreen League.
After scoring a run in the first when Aili Scott scored on a sacrifice fly from Lily Camp, the Cats scored five in the second on six hits, highlighted by a two-run single from Alyssa Yakovich and an RBI double off the bat of Zoe Vessey.
Camp was able to keep the high-powered Tigers offense relatively in check, allowing three runs on five hits and two walks with ten strikeouts in earning the complete-game victory.
Scott and Britten Neal led Aberdeen with three hits apiece, with Neal belting two doubles in the game.
Aberdeen sits a half-game ahead of the Tigers and W.F. West for first place in the league standings.
The Bobcats host W.F. West at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
Centralia 000 102 0 – 3 5 1
Aberdeen 150 012 0 – 9 14 0
WP: Camp (7 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 10 K). LP: Smith (5.1 IP, 9 R, 8 ER, 13 H, 2 BB, 2 K).
Leading hitters: Centralia – Chavez (2-3, 2 2B, 2 R); Vallejo (1-3, 2B, R, RBI); Luis (1-2, RBI); Baumel (1-3). Aberdeen – Scott (3-3, 2 R, RBI); Neal (3-3, 2 2B, 2 R, RBI); Yakovich (2-2, R); Camp (2-4, 2B, 3 RBI); Vessey (1-4, 2 RBI); Lecomte (1-3, R); Patrick (1-3, R).
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