WEST COAST LEAGUE: Lefties win season opener over Marion Berries
Published 11:15 am Saturday, May 30, 2026
SALEM, Ore. — The Port Angeles Lefties got their 2026 campaign off to a successful start with a 5-3 Opening Day victory over the Marion Berries, getting a three-hitter from a quartet of pitchers and a clutch two-run single in the fourth inning that was the difference.
Gabe Buranasiri of Citrus College started, going four innings and allowing two hits and one earned run. He walked one and struck out six. Dawson Sweeney of Trevecca Nazarene (Nashville, Tenn.) pitched two hitless innings to earn the victory. He walked two and struck out one. Casey Julkowski of Centralia College got the save, pitching two hitless innings, allowing three walks. He struck out three.
At the plate, Ryan Melton (Chico State) had the big hit, a two-RBI single, in the Lefties’ three run fourth. He also stole two bases.
Carter Enoch of Saddleback College went 4-for-4, While Jordan Daniels of Chaffey College had a hit, a run scored and an RBI. Kaleb Campbell of Centralia had a hit and an RBI.
The Berries came back Saturday and beat the Lefties 7-3, though Lefties’ pitchers had a solid game after a rough first couple of innings, allowing just two hits. Port Angeles allowed a grand slam in the second inning with another run coming in on an error and another run coming in on a wild pitch. After the second, the Lefties’ pitchers slammed the door, allowing just one run the rest of the game.
Enoch was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored while Ethan Wood (Regis University) was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs.
Angel Vazquez (Dodge City Community College) was 2-for-5 with a stolen base and Wyatt Mohler (Alta, Calif.) hit a double and scored a run.
On the mound, Ayden Ruiz (Dodge City CC) stood out, going three innings and allowing no hits and just one walk. He struck out three.
The Lefties (1-1) played the Marion Berries (1-1), a second-year WCL team based in Salem, Ore., late Sunday with the result after press deadline. Port Angeles returns home for its home opener at Civic Field at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday against the Portland Pickles.
Marion 7, Port Angeles 3
PA 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 — 3 8 2
MB 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 x — 7 2 1
Pitching
PA — Hewitt 1.1 IP, 4 ER, 4 BB, 2 K; Gallagher 2.2 IP, H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K; Ruiz 3 IP, BB, 3 K; Sprague IP, H.
Hitting
PA — Vazquez 2-5, SB; Enoch 2-3, 2B, 2 R; Wood 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI; Mohler 1-4, 2B, R.
Port Angeles 5, Marion 3
PA 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 — 5 9 0
MB 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 — 3 3 4
Pitching
PA — Buranasiri 4 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 6 K; Sweeney 2 IP, 2 BB, K; Moses IP, H, 2 ER, 2 BB; Julkowski, 2 IP, 3 BB, 3 K.
Hitting
PA — Enoch 4-4, Melton 1-4, 2 RBI, 2 SB; Daniels 1-4, R, RBI; Kaleb Campbell, 1-4, RBI.
