PORT ANGELES — The Victoria HarbourCats limited the Port Angeles Lefties to just four hits in a 9-4 victory to complete a three-game sweep at Civic Field on Wednesday night.
The Lefties will look to get back on the winning track, traveling to Kamloops, British Columbia, to begin a three-game series Friday.
The Lefties were hurt by a pair of HarbourCats home runs.
Port Angeles’ Drew Standen (New Jersey Institute of Technology) took the loss, but battled Victoria’s Loretto Siniscalchi pitch-for-pitch for four innings as the Lefties went into the fifth up 1-0.
The HarbourCats finally broke through for five runs in the fifth inning thanks to a two-run double by Brandon Green and a two-run home run by Nick Dumesnil to take a 5-1 lead. Standen ended up going 4⅓ innings, allowing four earned runs on six hits. He walked none and struck out six.
The Lefties rallied with three runs in the bottom of the sixth to make it 5-4. The big blow was delivered by Kamden Koester (Neosho County CC) with a two-run bases-loaded single. But, Victoria came right back with three-run home run by Tyler Davis in the top of the seventh to pull away at 8-4. The Lefties were able to manage just one hit the rest of the game.
Sebastian Flores (Riverside Community College) had a hit, two RBIs and two walks, driving in a run with a bases-loaded walk.
Roberto Nunez (Embry-Riddle) had a hit and a stolen base, while BY Choi (Dallas Baptist) had a single.
On the mound, Makana Quia (Hawaii Pacific) pitched a scoreless ninth, allowing no hits and two walks while striking out one.
After the Lefties’ (2-10) three-game series in Kamloops (3-8), they will return to Civic Field on Tuesday for a six-game homestand against Canadian teams. They have three games against the Nanaimo NightOwls and three against the Kelowna Falcons.
Victoria 9, Port Angeles 4
Vic. 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 1 0 — 9 10 0
PA 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 — 4 4 0
WP: Siniscalchi LP: Standen
Pitching
Victoria — Abbott 3 IP, 3 H, ER, 2 BB, 3 K; Siniscalchi 2.2 IP, 3 ER, 5 BB, 2 K; Christensen 1.1 IP, H, BB, 2 K; Ridley 2 IP, K.
Port Angeles — Standen 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 6 K; Smith 1.2 IP, H, ER, BB, 3 K; Mazza IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K; Kim IP, H ER, BB, 2 K; Quia IP, 2 BB, K.
Hitting
Victoria — Demesnil 1-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI; Davis 1-5, HR, R, 3 RBI; Green 2-4, 2 2B, 3 R, RBI; Caley 2-4, SB; Hall 1-4, R, RBI, BB, 3 SB.
Port Angeles — Flores 1-2, 2 RBI, 2 BB; Koester 1-3, 2 RBI, BB; Billings 0-2, 2 R, 2 BB; Choi 1-4; Nunez 1-5, SB.
