QUILCENE — Chimacum won the Dotson Duel.
Brothers Lane and Cole Dotson helped the Cowboys beat Quilcene, which is coached by their dad, Darrin Dotson, 6-1.
Cole Dotson started on the mound for Chimacum on Tuesday and had a no-hitter going through 4 1/3 innings when the 11th batter he faced, Eli Harrison, singled.
Jarod Smith’s sacrifice bunt moved Harrison to second base, but Harrison was thrown out by Lane Dotson, playing catcher, while trying to steal third.
Making the situation even more peculiar for Darrin Dotson is that he also coached several Chimacum players in youth leagues.
“My sons shut down my Quilcene team,” Darrin Dotson said.
“Weird place to be as a coach, coaching against kids I’ve coached and against my sons. In a game like this, it’s hard to celebrate.
“If I win as a coach, I’ve failed as a dad and haven’t prepared my sons properly. If I lose as a coach, I haven’t prepared my team well enough and can’t celebrate my two sons’ achievements on the field.”
Isaac Purser relieved Cole Dotson and allowed a single to Quilcene’s Andy Johnston and a home run to A.J. Prater.
Harrison pitched all seven innings for Quilcene.
After giving up four hits and three runs in the first, he settled down and struck out nine batters.
Two errors allowed three more runs to score for Chimacum.
“This is our second loss this year,” Darrin Dotson said. “Our least at-bats we’ve had in any of the six games we played this year.
“Proud of my team’s tenacity to never quit.
“Wishing coach Bob Eldridge and the Chimacum boys a good season, and hoping they will spring-board off this victory and string some wins together.”
The Cowboys (1-4) host Kingston (0-2) today.
The Rangers (4-2) play at Oakville on Friday.
Port Angeles 8, Kingston 0
PORT ANGELES — A four-run first proved to be more than enough for the Roughriders because Travis Paynter was mowing down the Buccaneers
Paynter pitched five innings of no-hit baseball and struck out 10 batters for Port Angeles on Tuesday before being lifted for reliever Ryan Rodocker.
Keeping Paynter in the game for a shot at a no-hitter wasn’t really considered, Riders coach Vic Reykdal said.
“It’s early in the season,” Reykdal said, “we got a comfortable lead, and we need him to pitch a lot of innings this season.
“Obviously it was a great outing for Trav. He was in command.”
Rodocker also shut down the Buccaneers, holding them to two hits and two walks while striking out two.
Curan Bradley had two hits, including a double, and drove in two runs for the Riders. Tanner Gochnour, Eathan Boyer, Luke Angevine and Corey Stone each added a hit and drove in a run.
The victory was Port Angeles’ first in Olympic League 2A play. The Riders (1-0, 4-1) return to league play today against North Mason (0-2, 2-4) at Civic Field.
Port Angeles 8, Kingston 0
Kingston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 2 3
Port Angeles 4 0 0 2 0 2 x — 8 8 0
WP- Paynter
Pitching Statistics
Port Angeles: Paynter 5 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 10 K; Rodocker 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 K, 2 BB.
Hitting Statistics
Port Angeles: Bradley 2-3, 2B, R, 2 RBI; Gochnour 1-3, 2 R, RBI; Bohman 1-2, R; Boyer 1-4, R, RBI; Angevine 1-2, RBI; Stone 1-2, RBI; Basden 1-2, R.
North Kitsap 9, Sequim 1
SEQUIM — To err is human, and the Wolves were a little too human in their first Olympic League 2A loss of the season.
Sequim committed six errors in Tuesday’s game, and all proved costly. Most of the errors came in the Vikings’ seven-run fourth inning.
Wolves starter Nigel Christian was saddled with eight runs, but none were earned.
Meanwhile, North Kitsap’s Kole Milyard pitched seven innings, striking out seven Wolves and allowing only four hits and three walks.
Christian had one of Sequim’s four hits and scored its only run when he led off the bottom of the second with a single, advanced to second on a hit by Justin Porter and then scored on an error committed by Milyard.
The Wolves (1-1, 5-2) play at Olympic (1-0, 2-1) today.
North Kitsap 9, Sequim 1
North Kitsap 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 — 9 7 1
Sequim 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 4 6
WP- Milyard; LP- Christian
Pitching Statistics
North Kitsap: Milyard 6 IP, 4 H, R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K.
Sequim: Christian 3 2/3 IP, 4 H, 8 R, 0 ER, BB, 2 K; Thayer 1 1/3 IP, H, 2 K; Miller 2 IP, 2 H, ER, K.
Hitting Statistics
North Kitsap: Marcelino 3-4, R, 2 RBI; Klinger 2-3, 2B, 3B, R, RBI; Milyard 1-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI; Gowin 1-4, 2B, R, RBI.
Sequim: Christian 1-3, R; Velarde 1-4; Dennis 1-3; Porter 1-2.
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Compiled using team reports.
