PORT ANGELES — Wilder Senior bounced back from a shutout loss in the first half of a doubleheader with first-place Lakeside Recovery, getting a walkoff game-winning single from Gavin Guerrero in the bottom of the eighth inning to win the nightcap 5-4.
The loss was Lakeside’s first loss of the season. Lakeside and Wilder lead the NW Area 1 standings with one loss each, though Lakeside has a two-game lead at 9-1 in league to Wilder’s record of 5-1.
In Game 1, Lakeside’s Brady Liddle pitched a shutout in a 3-0 win, handing Wilder its first loss of the year. Liddle is a pitcher for 4A Issaquah High School.
Wilder’s Brody Merritt and Seth Scofield pitched well in the loss. Merritt went five innings, giving up one earned run, while striking our six and walking four. He took the hard-luck loss. Scofield pitched the final two innings, giving up an earned run on three hits. He struck out one.
Liddle went the distance, holding Wilder to five hits, all singles. Ethan Flodstrom had two of those hits, with Bo Bradow, Milo Whitman and Tyler Bowen adding singles.
In Game 2, Wilder got ahead 4-1 with a four-run second inning. Timmy Adams and Bowen started the rally with singles.
Joel Wood had an RBI single, then Guerrero drove in a run with a sacrifice bunt. Flodstrom smacked an RBI double and Bradow finished the rally by driving Flodstrom in with a single.
Lakeside fought back, scoring runs in the third, sixth and seventh innings to tie the game at 4-4.
In the bottom of the eighth, Timmy Adams started the Wilder rally after he got hit by a pitch. Wyatt Hall laid down a bunt, sending Adams to second while he was able to get on base on an error. Bowen laid down another bunt, sending Adams to third base. Guerrero hit a hard ground ball up the middle and through the infield to drive in Adams with the winning run.
On the mound, Hayden Woods went a solid six innings, giving up eight hits and three earned runs while striking out 11 and walking only one.
Tyler Bowen pitched the final two innings, giving up three hits, one earned run and striking out two while walking none. Bowen lost the save in the seventh by giving up a run, but pitched a scoreless eighth inning to earn the victory for Wilder.
Flodstrom continued his torrid pace at the plate, going 2 for 3 with a run and an RBI. Out of Flodstrom’s 14 hits (14 for 24) hits, six of them are for extra bases, giving him a slugging percentage of .917. He is hitting .583 on the season.
Guerrero was 1 for 4 with two RBIs, Wood was 1 for 5 with a run scored and an RBI, while Bradow was 1 for 3 with an RBI.
Wilder (7-1, 5-1) is entering a very busy part of its schedule with a doubleheader at Lakeside BR (a different team) in Bellevue on Friday and a doubleheader Sunday in Issaquah against Lakeside.
Lakeside 3, Wilder 0
Lake. 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 — 3 6 1
Wilder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 5 0
LP: Merritt
Pitching
Wilder — Merritt 5IP, 3H, ER, 6K, 4BB; Scofield 2IP, 3H, ER, K.
Hitting
Wilder — Flodstrom 2-3, Bradow 1-3, Whitman 1-3; Bowen 1-2.
Wilder 5, Lakeside 4
Lake. 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 — 4 11 2
Wilder 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 — 5 7 0
WP: Bowen
Pitching
Wilder — Woods 6IP, 8H, 3ER, 11K, BB; Bowen 2IP, 3H, ER, 2K.
Hitting
Wilder — Flodstrom 2-3, 2 2B, R, RBI, HBP; Wood 1-5, R, RBI; Guerrero 1-4, 2RBI, Sac; Bradow 1-3, RBI HBP; Adams 1-3, 2R, HBP; Whitman 0-1, 2BB, HBP.
Wilder Jr. Burlington 11, Wilder Jr. 1
ANACORTES — Wilder Jr. had a rough road trip Anacortes with a loss to Burlington 11-1 in their Sunday nightcap.
Wilder Jr. was only able to manage three hits against Burlington’s pitching. Michael Grubb had two of those hits, while Logan Olson had the other. Joey Hildebrandt had an RBI, while Olson scored a run.
On the mound, starter Beckett Jarnigan pitched well, but was hurt by unearned runs. Jarnigan went 3 1/3 innings, giving up just two hits and one earned run, while striking out three and walking four. Eli Cyr went the final 2 1.3, giving up three earned runs on five hits and two walks. He struck out two.
Wilder Jr. (9-5, 3-2 in NW Area 1 AA League) next plays at Lakeside Recovery on Saturday and plays its first home game of the year at noon Sunday against the Lynden Lightning at Volunteer Park.
Burlington 11, Wilder Jr. 1
WJr. 0 0 1 0 0 0 x — 1 3 3
Sox 0 6 0 0 1 4 x — 11 7 2
LP: Jarnigan
Pitching
Wilder Jr. — Jarnigan 3.1IP, 2H, ER, 3K, 4BB; Cyr 2.1IP, 5H, 3ER, 2K, 2BB.
Hitting
Wilder Jr. — Grubb 2-3; Olson 1-2, R; Hildebrandt 0-2, RBI; Baysinger 0-1, 2BB.
Brody Merritt smacks the ball against Lakeside on Sunday. Merritt had a single and an RBI in Wilder’s 5-4 win late Sunday afternoon. He also pitched well in a 3-0 loss. (Dave Logan/for the Peninsula Daily News)
