PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles baseball team got some good pitching against a powerhouse 3A team, but only managed three hits in an 8-1 loss to Gig Harbor on Saturday at Civic Field.
Gig Harbor came in to the game 14-0 and ranked No. 2 in the state among 3A school. Five Port Angeles pitchers held the Tides to nine hits and no runs after the fourth inning.
Brandt Perry, Bryce Deleon and Braedyn Boulden-Davis all pitched scoreless innings.
At the plate, Alex Angevine had a hit and an RBI, while Luke Flodstrom and Ian Smithson each had hits.
Port Angeles (3-4, 3-8-2) has a favorable schedule down the stretch with six games left against the bottom three teams in the Olympic League. The Roughriders next host Olympic (3-5, 6-6) at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday and afterward they resume a suspended game that is tied 5-5 in the sixth inning against first-place Bainbridge.
Gig Harbor 8, Port Angeles 1
GH 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 — 8 9 0
PA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 — 1 3 1
Pitching
PA — Grice 3 IP, 5 H, 6 ER, K; Deleon IP, H, K; Boulden-Davis IP; Perry IP, H, K; Stratford IP, 2 H, 2 ER.
Hitting
PA — Flodstrom 1-4, Angevine 1-3, RBI, Smithson 1-1.
Quilcene 6, Crosspoint 5 Quilcene 24, Muckleshoot 0
QUILCENE — The Quilcene Rangers remained perfect this weekend with a 6-5 win over Crosspoint on Saturday and a 24-0 win Friday over Muckleshoot that featured another amazing pitching performance from Eli Allen.
In Saturday’s win, Oliver Hopkins was the pitching star as he went 5⅔ innings, allowing three hits and one earned run and striking out 10.
At the plate, Jayden Love was 3-for-3 with a triple and three runs scored. Hopkins was 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI, while Allen hit a double with a run scored and two RBIs.
In Friday’s game, Allen threw a five-inning no-hitter against Muckleshoot, his second no-hitter of the season, as the Rangers overwhelmed an overmatched team 24-0. Allen struck out 15 batters in five innings, facing just 16 batters with one walk.
Allen also had a game early this season in which he struck out 19 batters in 6⅓ innings of no-hit ball.
At the plate, Hopkins went 2-for-5 with a home run, four RBIs and three runs. Logan Carstensen was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and an RBI, while Aiden Cate was 2-for-4 with two doubles, three runs scored, two RBIs and a walk.
Allen was 2-for-5 with four runs scored and two RBIs, while Isaac Figueroa was 2-for-2 with two runs scored and three RBIs. Robert Evans had a triple and drove in four runs, while Jayden Minish had a double with two RBIs and two runs scored.
The wins improve Quilcene’s record to 7-0.
Quilcene 6, Crosspoint 5
XP 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 — 5 4 1
Quil. 3 0 2 0 1 0 x — 6 7 3
Pitching
Quilcene — Hopkins 5.2 IP, 3 H, ER, 10 K; Cate 0.1 IP, ER, K; Minish IP, H, K.
Hitting
Quilcene — Love 3-3, 3B, 3 R; Hopkins 2-3, R, RBI; Allen 1-3, 2B, R, 2 RBI.
Quilcene 24, Muckleshoot 0
M’shoot 0 0 0 0 0 x x — 0 0 8
Quil. (13) 2 9 0 x x — 24 15 0
Pitching
Quilcene — Allen 5 IP, 0 H, 15 K.
Hitting
Quilcene — Hopkins 2-5, HR, 4 RBI, 3 R; Cate 2-4, 2 2B, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB; Allen 2-5, 4 R, 2 RBI; Carstensen 3-5, 3 R, RBI; Figueroa 2-2, 3 RBI, 2 R; Evans 1-4, 3B, R, 4 RBI; Minish 1-4, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI.
Friday’s Game
Orting 13, Sequim 7
SEQUIM — The Sequim baseball team battled back after giving up five runs in the first inning to Orting, but in the end, the Cardinals had a big fifth inning to pull away for a 13-7 win.
After falling behind 5-0, the Wolves fought back to make it 5-4 and then 7-6, but the Cardinals scored six runs over the final three innings to fend off Sequim.
Clay Abrams had a big game for Sequim, going 3-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI. Zeke Schmadeke had a hit a run scored, an RBI and a walk, while Devyn Dearinger had a hit a run scored and an RBI.
Hunter Tennell, Braydan White and Lincoln Bear pitched, giving up 10 hits and eight earned runs while striking out nine.
Sequim (4-4, 4-8) returns to Olympic League action Tuesday, hosting league-leading Bainbridge (7-0, 9-3) at 4:15 p.m.
Orting 13, Sequim 7
Ort. 5 0 0 2 4 1 1 — 13 10 2
Seq. 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 — 7 6 5
Pitching
Sequim — Bear 4 Ip 5 H, 6 ER, 5 K; White 2 IP, H, Er, 3 K; Tennell IP, 4 H, ER, K.
Hitting
Sequim — Abrams 3-3, 2B, 2 R, RBI; Dearinger 1-2, R, RBI; Schmadeke 1-3 R, RBI, BB.
Softball
Montesano 10, Forks 1
MONTESANO — The Forks softball team got behind 5-1 in the first inning and was never able to catch up against Montesano in a 10-1 loss.
The Spartans did hold Montesano scoreless in the second, through five innings, but the Bulldogs finally broke through for five more runs in the sixth and seventh.
Chloe Gaydeski hit a double and scored a run, while Fynlie Peters had a hit and an RBI. Gaydeski pitched the entire game, allowing eight hits and just three earned runs and she struck out five.
Montesano 10, Forks 1
Forks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 4 9
Mont. 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 x — 10 8 0
Pitching
Forks — Gaydeski 6 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 5 K.
Hitting
Forks — Gaydeski 1-3, 2B, R; Peters 1-3, RBI.
