Pyzer pitches no-hitter for Lake Stevens baseball

LAKE STEVENS — Sam Pyzer: Lake Stevens Viking. Baseball player. Wild man.

Pyzer (2-2 record) pitched a six inning no-hitter — in which he struck out eight, walked two and hit five batters — for Lake Stevens in a Wesco 4A victory over Cascade that ended with a walk-off double by Colton Richards, a sophomore playing in his first varsity game.

“Pyzer pitched a great game, although he was wild.” Lake Stevens head coach Rodger Anderson said. “(There) was a lot of excitement.”

Pyzer’s role with the squad has been mostly in long-relief, but lately he’s been getting the nod.

“Once we got into the three-game series (against Snohomish and Cascade) he started to be one of our starters,” Anderson said. “He went though a stretch where he only pitched one inning in three weeks. He’s pitched well in the past but he hasnt had much opportunities.”

Pyzer started to lose the handle a bit in the later innings. He started the top of the sixth with a walk and then plunking two batters in a row to load the bases.

“He was up to 90 pitches (in the sixth) and we were going to take him out,” Anderson said. “…we had a reliever ready to go (for) the seventh. Some guys were like ‘you cant take him out, he has a no hitter.’”

Pyzer got the third out via a strikeout on a 3-2 count.

Superstition be damned.

In the bottom of the same frame, with the bases loaded and a chance to end the game via the 10-run rule, Richards (3-4, 2 RBI) smacked a double to bring home the winning runs.

“Our guys were really excited for (Richards),” Anderson said. “For a sophomore to come up and have the guys jump all over him it was really fun.”

At Lake Stevens H.S.

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Nik Soros, Kelly King (3), Matt Butler (5) and Austin Pinorini. Sam Pyzer and Andre Bustard. WP—Pyzer (2-2). LP—Soros. 2B—Chase Ridder (LS), Jacob Eason (LS). HR—Eason (LS). Records—Cascade x-x league, x-x overall. Lake Stevens 5-7, 10-8.

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