PORT ANGELES — Olympic loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning but couldn’t complete the comeback and fell to the Calgary Longhorns 5-3 at the 14U Pacific Northwest Regional Tournament at Volunteer Field.
Olympic moved to 2-1 on the tournament with Friday’s defeat.
Despite the loss, the Port Angeles-based team only needed to beat winless Riverton, Wyoming late Saturday night to win the American Division pool and a berth in today’s first semifinal at 10 a.m.
The area squad also could advance as the division’s No. 2 seed with a loss because it holds the head-to-head tie-breaker against 2-1 Columbia Basin and 2-1 Helena, Montana. Those teams met late Saturday.
Olympic would play in today’s 1 p.m. semifinal if they fell against Riverton.
A win at 10 a.m. today would put Olympic into the 4 p.m. championship game with a berth in the 14U World Series in Westfield, Mass. Aug. 11-19.
Against Calgary, Olympic’s Lucas Jarnagin started on the mound and struggled.
He allowed two walks and a single to load the bases in the top of the first and walked in a run for 1-0 Calgary lead.
Olympic answered in its half of the inning, as leadoff hitter Ethan Flodstrom continued his strong tournament performance with a leadoff single.
He advanced to second on a ground-ball out and scored on Derek Bowechop’s single to center field.
Jarnagin allowed a single and two walks to load the bases with no outs in the top of the second before being pulled for Tyler Bowen.
Faced with a difficult situation, Bowen walked in a run, hit a batter for another Calgary score and walked a third run in before settling down and retiring nine straight batters.
Olympic pulled within 4-3 on a two-run home run to deep right field by Brody Merritt in the bottom of the third.
Calgary added a run in the top of the fifth when Olympic committed three errors and a wild pitch.
Isaiah Getchell drew a two-out walk for Olympic in the bottom of the seventh, Flodstrom followed with a single and Milo Whitman loaded the bases by reaching on an error.
But Calgary pitcher Aiden Szautner finished off his complete-game victory by striking out Bowechop.
Calgary 5, Olympic 3
Calgary 1 3 0 0 1 0 — 5 3 3
Olympic 1 0 2 0 0 0 — 3 7 4
WP-Szautner LP- Jarnagin
Pitching Statistics
Calgary: Szautner 7 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K.
Olympic: Jarnagin IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 4 BB; Bowen 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 2 K; Whitman 3 IP, H, R, 2 BB, 2 K.
Hitting Statistics
Calgary: McMurty 1-3, R, RBI; Keats 2-4, Eddy 0-2, BB, R, RBI; Cruz 0-1, 3 BB.
Olympic: Merritt 1-3, HR, R, 2 RBI; Flodstrom 2-3, BB, 2 SB, 2 R; Lunt 2-3, SB, Bowechop 1-4, SB, RBI.
Olympic 15, Columbia Basin 5
Olympic also defeated Columbia Basin 15-5 Thursday.
A two-out rally produced a five-run second inning for the area team.
Flodstrom notched a two-run double and Whitman had a two-run single in the frame.
Columbia Basin pulled within 8-5 in the top of the fifth, but Olympic’s seven-run sixth ended the game early.
The inning was highlighted by RBI singles by Flodstrom and Merritt, and a two-run double to left field by Timmy Adams.
Olympic 15, Columbia Basin 5
Columbia 0 0 3 0 2 0 — 5 6 1
Olympic 0 5 0 3 0 7 — 15 8 0
Hitting Statistics
Columbia Basin: McPherson 1-3, RBI; Kirkwood 1-3, RBI; Gebbers 1-3; Killinger 1-2, BB, 2 R.
Olympic: Flodstrom 2-2, BB, HB, 2B, 2 SB, 2 R, 4 RBI; Miller 3-3, 2B, 3 R, Whitman 1-3, BB, R, 3 RBI; Merritt 1-4, R, 2 RBI; Adams 1-2, BB, SB, 2B, R, 2 RBI;
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Compiled using team reports.
