AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder Sr. wins two out of three against Lakeside teams

Published 6:00 pm Sunday, July 21, 2024

PORT ANGELES — After a Saturday morning loss, the Wilder Senior Baseball Club bounced back with a pair of wins Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.

Wilder Senior (15-17) began the weekend by losing 11-7 to Lakeside Legion but came back in the nightcap to win 8-1 behind an outstanding pitching performance from Kaleb Mullen and Luke Flodstrom and a huge game at the plate from Braydan White.

On Sunday, Wilder Senior crushed Lakeside Gray 13-1 as Landen Olson pitched a two-hitter and the seniors pounded out 10 hits in just four innings.

Olson went the full five innings, striking out five and walking three.

Ezra Townsend hit a triple, stole two bases, scored two runs and drove in three. Alex Angevine was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs and White continued his hot weekend, going 2-for-2 with a double, three runs scored and an RBI. For the weekend, White is hitting 7-for-10.

Mullen had a double, a sac fly and two RBIs. Luke Flodstrom had a hit and two RBIs, while Jordan Shumway had a hit and three runs scored. Josiah Gooding had a hit, a run scored, an RBI and two stolen bases.

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Wilder Sr,. 13, Lakeside Gray 1

LG 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 2 0

WSr. 4 6 3 0 x — 13 10 2

Pitching

Wilder Senior — Olson 5 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 5 K.

Hitting

Wilder Senior — White 2-2, 2B, 3 R, RBI; Angevine 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI; Townsend 1-2, 3B, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 SB, BB; Gooding 1-2, R, RBI, 2 SB; Mullen 1-1, 2B, 2 RBI, SF; Flodstrom 1-2, 2 RBI.

Saturday’s games

Mullen went six innings, allowing three hits, three walks and one earned run while striking out three. Flodstrom pitched a hitless seventh inning.

White, meanwhile, was 3-for-4 with a home run and a double. He drove in two runs and scored two. Angevine was 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and two RBIs.

Gooding hit a double and drove in a run while Lincoln Bear was 2-for-3. Jordan Shumway had a hit, a run scored and an RBI.

It was Lakeside Legion’s first loss of the year in American Legion Area 1 AAA play as Lakeside has strong teams most years.

In the early game, Wilder Senior battled back from a 8-1 deficit to make the game tight at 8-5 as the two teams tallied 29 hits. Lakeside was able to score three runs seventh to open up a big lead again, though Wilder again battled back with two more in the bottom of the inning.

Mullen had a big day at the plate, going 3-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored. Townsend was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a sacrifice fly.

White was 2-for-4 with a run scored and Bryant Laboy had a hit and an RBI.

Wilder Senior played a late game Sunday after press deadline against Lakeside Gray.

Wilder Sr. 8, Lakeside Legion 1

LL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 3 4

WSr. 0 0 0 1 3 4 x — 8 10 1

Hitting

Wilder Senior — White 3-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB; Angevine 2-4, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI; Bear 2-3; Gooding 1-3, 2B, RBI; Shumway 1-4, R, RBI.

Lakeside Legion 11, Wilder Senior 7

LL 1 0 1 4 2 0 3 — 11 17 2

WSr. 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 — 7 12 2

Pitching

Wilder Senior — Staples 3 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 K; Williams 4 IP, 12 H, 8 ER, 5 K.

Hitting

Wilder Senior — Mullen 3-3, R, 2 RBI; Townsend 2-3, 2 RBI, SF; White 2-4, R; Shumway 1-4, 2 R; Laboy 1-3, RBI.