PORT ANGELES — Wilder Baseball beat the heat and extinguished Blaze Baseball Select of Bremerton in a doubleheader by scores of 12-2 and 5-0.
Tanner Rhodefer struck out 10 batters in a complete-game, three-hit shutout in Saturday’s opener for Wilder.
Eathen Boyer got the scoring started for Wilder in the first inning, bringing home Brady Konopaski with a sacrifice fly.
Wilder added two more runs in the bottom of the second, when Zach Withrow and Travis Paynter singled and later scored.
Withrow went 3 for 3 for Wilder, adding an RBI double in the third inning and singling and scoring in the bottom of the sixth.
Paynter was 3 for 3 and Evan Hurn 2 for 3 for Wilder.
Wilder pounded out 17 hits to blow out the Blaze in the nightcap.
Blaze opened with a run in the top of the first. Its lead lasted until Wilder scored eight runs in the bottom of the second.
After tallying just one extra-base hit in the opener, Wilder managed five in the second game, three coming in the big second inning.
Singles by Hurn, Withrow and James Grubb loaded the bases and a Ricky Crawford double brought two home two runs.
Later in the inning, Boyer snaked a line-drive double to left to score Dusty Bates and Larsson Chapman.
In his second at-bat of the inning, Hurn doubled home Boyer to cap the eight-run explosion.
Hurn did the most damage at the plate for Wilder, going 3 for 3 with a triple, a double, two RBIs and scoring two runs.
Paynter went the distance on the mound for Wilder, striking out six and allowing one earned run on five hits and three walks over six innings.
Port Angeles High School infielder Logan Ciaciuch plays for Blaze, and went 1 for 3 in the second game after a hitless performance in the opener.
Wilder loses on road
ISSAQUAH — Wilder also lost by a 9-6 decision to Lakeside Recovery on Thursday.
Wilder will look to retain its crown when it hosts seven other teams in the 17th annual Dick Brown Memorial Firecracker Classic at Civic Field Thursday through Sunday.
Wilder 12, Blaze 2, 6 innings
Blaze 1 0 0 0 0 1 — 2 5 1
Wilder 0 8 0 0 2 2 — 12 17 1
WP- Paynter LP- Malloy
Pitching Statistics
Blaze: Kiewez 4 IP, 11 H, 8 ER, BB, 3 K; Jones 1 2/3 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, BB, 3 K.
Wilder: Paynter 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, ER, 3 BB, 6 K.
Hitting Statistics
Blaze: Marks 1-3, RBI; Ciaciuch 1-3; Wilson 1-1, RBI, R, 2 BB.
Wilder: Hurn 3-3, 3B, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R; Gochnour 2-2, 2B, RBI, R; Crawford 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI, R; Konopaski 1-3, 3 RBI; Bates 2-3, RBI, R, SB; Chapman 2-4, R; Grubb 2-4, 2 R; Boyer 2-4, 2 RBI, R; Withrow 1-3, R, SB; Rhodefer 1-2, RBI, R, SB.
Wilder 5, Blaze 0
Blaze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 3 1
Wilder 1 2 1 0 0 1 X — 5 9 0
WP- Rhodefer LP- Malloy
Pitching Statistics
Blaze: Malloy 5 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K; Zurbrugg 1 IP, H, R, BB.
Wilder: Rhodefer 7 IP, 3 H, 4 BB, 10 K.
Hitting Statistics
Blaze: Zurbrugg 1-3; Page 1-2; Kiewez 1-3.
Wilder: Withrow 3-3, 2B, 2 R, RBI, SB; Paynter 3-3, R; Hurn 2-3; Boyer 1-1, RBI, R;
