Monroe pitcher finally yields an earned run

Published 9:00 pm Monday, April 3, 2006

MONROE – It was bound to happen sometime this season. A Monroe pitcher finally gave up an earned run.

The Bearcats (5-0 in league, 9-0 overall) combined a big third inning with their usual near flawless mound work to defeat the Cascade Bruins (3-1, 5-2) 7-1, in a battle of Wesco North unbeatens at Monroe’s Park Place Monday afternoon.

It was another dominating performance by senior fireballer Ashly Forsberg, who fanned a dozen Cascade batters, walked two and scattered four singles to improve her record to 6-0.

The aforementioned earned run scored in the Cascade fourth. Brandi Klemm and Sara Shaw singled, and with one out, a Bruin walk loaded the bases. A wild pitch brought Klemm home with the sole Bruin run, the first earned run allowed this year by a Bearcat pitcher in 59 innings of work. Forsberg proceeded to strike out the next two batters to end the inning.

“Ashly came off the mound and told me ‘That was enough of that,’” said Monroe head coach Curt Eskeback.

On a soggy, drizzly afternoon, Monroe struggled in the first two innings, stranding five runners before breaking out for a six-spot in the third.

“The second time around the lineup we made some adjustments and came up with some key hits,” Eskeback said.

The Bearcats spread the offense around as five hitters had two hits: Brittany Burry, Jordan Birch, Jamie Holmes, Briar Stanley and Sarah Elledge.

Meanwhile, Forsberg’s ERA jumped from 0.00 to a still-microscopic 0.17.

At Park Place

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B. Klemm and Wallace. Forsberg and Holmes. WP-Forsberg (6-0). LP-B. Klemm. 2B-Stanley (M), Degel (M). 3B-Elledge (M). Records-Cascade 3-1 in league, 5-2 overall. Monroe 5-0, 9-0.

Arlington 4, Marysville-Pilchuck 3: At Arlington, freshman second baseman Kristen Allen had a two-run triple in the fourth inning to lead Arlington to the Wesco North victory.

At Arlington H.S.

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Burman and Haugen. Milless and Twitchell. WP-Milless (2-0). LP-Burman. 2B-Burman (M-P). 3B-Allen (A). Records-Marysville-Pilchuck 1-4 in division, 4-4 overall. Arlington 3-1, 7-1.

Lake Stevens 3, Oak Harbor 0: At Lake Stevens, Karissa Tri singled in the game-winning run, driving in Trista Helvey from second base in the third inning to lead the Vikings to the Wesco North victory.

At Lake Steven H.S.

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Ratliff and Meagher. Surface and Thibodeaux. WP-Surface (4-1). LP-Ratliff. 2B-Thibodeaux. Records-Oak Harbor 1-4 in division, 1-7 overall. Lake Stevens 4-1, 7-2.

Stanwood 3, Mount Vernon 1: At Stanwood, the Spartans scored all three runs in the sixth inning of the Wesco North game. Corinne Stillman stroked a single to center, driving in Jordan Nemo with the tying run and a pair of balls skipped by the catcher for the other two, spoiling Jackie Richter’s two-hitter.

At Stanwood H. S.

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Richter and Barnett. Vaughan and McCoy. WP-Vaughan (1-5). LP-Richter. Records-Mount Vernon 2-3 in league, 5-4 overall. Stanwood 1-3, 1-5.

Mountlake Terrace 7, Lynnwood 2: At Mountlake Terrace, freshman Kori Seidlitz fired a four-hitter and helped her own cause by rapping two doubles and the Hawks’ six first-inning runs were more than enough to beat the Royals in a Wesco South game.

At Mountlake Terrace H.S.

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Himes and Ulrich. Yelenich, Seidlitz (4) and Watson. WP-Seidlitz (1-2). LP-Himes. 2B-Himes (L), Yelenich (MT), Watson (MT), Seidlitz (MT) 2. Records-Lynnwood 0-5 league, 0-7 overall. Mountlake Terrace 4-2, 4-4.

Jackson 3, Shorecrest 0: At Mill Creek, Jackson’s Carly McEachran hit a home run and starting pitcher Tamara Priebe gave up just two hits while striking out 10 in her complete-game effort. Casey Maehl hit a double for Shorecrest in the Wesco South game.

At Jackson H.S.

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Snow, Collins (4) and Berg. Priebe and Wheadon. WP-Priebe. LP-Snow. 2B-Maehl (S). 3B-Slocum (J). HR-McEachran (J). Records-Shorecrest 3-3 league, 3-4 overall. Jackson 5-0, 7-0.

Edmonds-Woodway 4, Shorewood 1: At Shoreline, Emily Dean twirled a two-hitter and Jordan Holmes cracked a pair of doubles for the Warriors in Wesco South action. Freshman third baseman Ashley Salazar collected both of Shorewood’s hits.

At Shorewood H. S.

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Dean and Herzer. Davenport and Morton. WP-Dean. LP-Davenport (1-4). 2B-Holmes (E-W) 2, Herr (E-W), Herzer (E-W). Records-Edmonds-Woodway 3-3 league, 3-4 overall. Shorewood 1-5, 2-6.

Mariner 6, Meadowdale 1: At Lynnwood, Jolene Monfiletto pitched a complete game, striking out five and allowing just one run for Mariner in the Wesco South game. Jessi Williams had an RBI double for Meadowdale.

At Meadowdale H.S.

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Monfiletto and McMullen. Williams and Olds. WP-Monfiletto. LP-Williams. 2B-McFarland (Mariner), Williams (Meadowdale). Records-Mariner 2-4 league, 2-6 overall. Meadowdale 1-4, 2-5.

Granite Falls 13, Sultan 8: At Granite Falls, Stacey Todd hit for the cycle to lead Granite Falls to the Cascade Conference victory.

At Granite Falls H.S.

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Angela and Copple. Jones, Millican (3) and Todd. WP-Jones (2-1). LP-Angela. 2B-Jensen (GF), Copple (GF), Todd (GF). 3B-Jensen (GF), Meyer (GF), Todd (GF). HR-Todd (GF). Records-Sultan 0-2 league, 1-4 overall. Granite Falls 1-1, 4-1.

Archbishop Murphy 14, South Whidbey 0: At Langley, Kate Kennedy pitched a two-hit shutout with eight strikeouts to lead the Wildcats to the Cascade Conference victory.

At South Whidbey H.S.

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Kennedy and Hardy. Stratton, Robertson and Greene. WP-Kennedy. LP-Stratton (1-1). Records-Archbishop Murphy 2-0 league, 3-0 overall. South Whidbey 1-1, 3-4.

Cedarcrest 4, Lakewood 0: At Duvall, Whitney Oviatt pitched a complete-game two-hitter and struck out eight batters to lead Cedarcrest to the Cascade Conference victory. Danielle Bruns and Kally Behen each hit singles for Lakewood to break up Oviatt’s no-hitter in the seventh inning.

At Cedarcrest H.S.

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Hargrove and Bean. Oviatt and Botts. WP-Oviatt (3-2). LP-Hargrove. 2B-Anderson (C), Tolley (C) 2. Records-Lakewood 0-2 league, 2-4 overall. Cedarcrest 2-0, 5-2.

Girls golf

Kamiak 131, Shorewood 95, Shorecrest 64, Mariner 56: At Seattle, Kamiak golfers took the top four positions – Caiti Nelson was the medalist with 32 Stableford points followed by Christa Goldie (29), Lauren Kaligis (26) and Nicole Wilson (25) – en route to the Wesco South win. Fifth place went to Sarah Psaty, whose 22 points paced Shorewood to a second-place overall finish.

At Jackson Park G.C.

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Modified Stableford scoring

Kamiak-Nelson 32 (medalist), Goldie 29, Kaligis 26, Wilson 25, Schneider 19. Shorewood-Psaty 22, Walsh 21, Snyder 20, Quinn 17, Gregory 15. Shorecrest-Bauer 19, Delph 18, Hasegawa 10, Numata 9, Melchior 8. Mariner-Castro 20, Ware 13, Noe 9, Heying 8, Mitchell 6.

Archbishop Murphy 76, S. Whidbey 60: At Langley, Michelle Grome took medalist honors to lead Archbishop Murphy to the Cascade Conference win.

At Useless Bay G.C.

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Stableford scoring

Archbishop Murphy-Grome 23 (medalist), Wemhoff 21, Frahm 12, Gogal 10, Myer 10. S. Whidbey-Wood 19, Easton 15, Dettrich 12, Keck 7, Gordon 7.