PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Jackson bats erupt in key win over Edmonds-Woodway

Published 11:33 pm Friday, April 23, 2010

MILL CREEK — A week ago the Jackson baseball team’s bats fell asleep as the Timberwolves dropped three straight games, culminating in an especially frustrating 1-0 loss to Mountlake Terrace last Friday.

This Friday night the Jackson bats completed their reemergence on the way to an 8-0 blowout of Edmonds-Woodway in a key Wesco South victory.

The T-wolves needed just the two runs they pushed across in the second, thanks to a three-hitter over six innings tossed by Cody Schmale. Shortstop Mike Wishko put an exclamation point on the game and the week in the bottom of sixth with a grand slam.

“To see our bats come alive a bit has been kinda nice,” Jackson coach Kirk Nicholson said.

Catcher Tony Flatt also homered for Jackson.

Schmale was the hard-luck loser against Terrace despite surrendering just two hits — one was a solo home run. Schmale took out his frustration on the Warriors, who managed one extra-base hit when Ryan Budnick roped a double.

“He wanted to get it done today,” Nicholson said about his starting pitcher. “He did a nice job containing their bats.”

Sam Brown hit 3-for-3 with a double for Jackson but his biggest play may have come in the field. Brown likely saved a pair of runs, according to Nicholson, with a diving catch in the top of the third inning in centerfield. He also retired the final three Warriors on the mound.

Having lost twice to league-leader Kamiak, Jackson’s one-game deficit to the Knights in the Wesco South standings is as good as two because of the tiebreaker. But with four regular season games to go, Nicholson isn’t concerned with Kamiak considering the way his team has played the past three games.

“All we can do is play the next four like we’ve played the last three,” he said. “If we play like we played this week it will work out fine for us.”

At Jackson H.S.

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Daniels, Willcox (6) and Lukko. Schmale, Brown (7) and Flatt. WP—Schmale (2-1). LP—Daniels. 2B—Brown (J), Plaisance (J), Budnick (E). HR—Flatt (J), Wishko (J). Records—Edmonds-Woodway 7-7 league, 9-7 overall. Jackson 10-4, 12-4.

Glacier Peak 10, Shorewood 7: At Snohomish, Glacier Peak scored nine runs in the second inning en route to the Wesco South win. Dylan Caneza batted 2-for-3 for the Grizzlies and teammate Scott Ford hit 2-for-4. Trevor Mitsui hit a home run for Shorewood.

At Glacier Peak H.S.

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Torrence, McAree (3) and Hendrickson. West, Ristoff (5) and Tuba. WP—West. LP—Torrence. 2B—Hendrickson (S), McKeever (S), Ford (GP), Foster (GP), Caneza (GP). HR—Mitsui (S) Records—Shorewood 7-7 league, 9-7 overall. Glacier Peak 8-6, 9-7.

Mountlake Terrace 7, Mariner 5: At Everett, after falling behind by seven runs, Mariner came roaring back with a five spot in the sixth to make it close but Andrew Woeck shut down the Marauders in the seventh to give the Hawks the Wesco South win. Alex Hatch hit twice in four chances for the Hawks and Ryan Fickle batted 3-for-3. Ryan Benham hit 2-for-3. Mariner shortstop Niko Wallin was 3-for-3 and centerfielder Jordan Garneau batted 3-for-4. Jason Rosendahl took the hard-luck loss on the mound, going 51/3 innings and allowing just two earned runs.

At Mariner H.S.

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Brooks, reliever name not reported (6), Woeck (7) and Volpone. Rosendahl, J. Umbinetti (6), Thompson (7) and Manzano. WP—Brooks. LP—Rosendahl (2-3). S—Woeck. 2B—Johnson (MT), Hatch (MT), Fickle (MT), Raunio (MT), Benham (MT). Records—Mountlake Terrace 10-4 league, 11-5 overall. Mariner 5-9, 5-11.

Kamiak 6, Lynnwood 2: At Bothell, the Knights remained atop the Wesco South standings. Andrew Groves and Eric Hovey both batted 2-for-4 for Kamiak and Jake Sortor was 2-for-3 with a double. Royals starting pitcher Jordan Silva took the loss but hit 3-for-3 with a run scored.

At Lynnwood H.S.

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Pennock and Houghtaling. Silva, reliever name not reported (5), and Stanley. WP—Pennock(2-2). LP—Silva. 2B—Ansdell (L), Sortor (K), Guinn (K), Heck (K). Records—Kamiak 11-3 league, 13-3 overall. Lynnwood 1-13, 1-15.

Meadowdale 17, Shorecrest 16 (8 innings): At Shoreline, Meadowdale held off Shorecrest in a marathon Wesco South win in which the teams combined for 33 runs, 32 hits and eight home runs. Taylor Brennan batted 3-for-4 with a double and home run and Tyler McCabe drove in five runs for the Mavericks. Matty Rohrback batted 3-for-6 with a home run and Shawn Suwi hit a grand slam for Shorecrest.

At Shorecrest H.S.

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Triece, Dooley (4), Hirsch (6) and Gray. Donner, Oliver (3), Dickmeyer (5), Kiga (7) and Dickmeyer, Sullivan (5) WP—Hirsch. LP—Kiga. 2B—Brennan (M), Suh (M), Sand (M), Rohrback (S), Officer (S). HR—Brennan (M), Suh (M), McCabe (M), Sand (M), Osborne (M), Herzer (M), Rohrback (S), Suwi (S). Records—Meadowdale 7-7 league, 7-9 overall. Shorecrest 4-10, 6-10.

Monroe 4, Arlington 0: At Arlington, Kyle Hopkins pitched a complete-game shutout, striking out six Eagles in the Wesco North victory. Monroe’s Tyler Ihrig had the big hit with a round tripper and Andrew Brakke hit 2-for-4 with a double for the Bearcats.

At Arlington H.S.

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Hopkins and Reed. Zednick, McKenzie (3) Taylor (5) and Mendenhall. WP—Hopkins. LP—Zednick (2-3). 2B—Boisseranc (M), Mantie (M) Brakke (M), Baker (A). HR—Ihrig (M). Records—Monroe 9-5 league, 9-9 overall. Arlington 5-9, 6-11.

Everett 8, Snohomish 3: At Everett, Cameron Arriza tossed his first complete-game victory of the season, striking out five Panthers. Snohomish’s two pitchers couldn’t get out Ben Barhanovich or Lucas Henry. The Everett duo combined to hit 5-for-5 and Barhanovich had two RBI while Henry scored three times. Kenny Wilson clubbed the Seagulls’ only extra-base hit, batting 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI. Snohomish’s Eric Koenig hit 2-for-3 with a double.

At Everett Memorial Stadium

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Gunning, Larivee (2) and Taubenheim. Arriza and Marthaller. WP—Arriza (2-2). LP—Gunning. 2B—Kenny Wilson (E), Eric Koenig (S), Blake Simpson (S). Records—Snohomish 4-8 league, 6-10 overall. Everett 3-8, 4-11.

Cascade 7-6, Oak Harbor 6-7: At Everett, Cascade’s Max Pinorini finished the day 7-for-8 with four RBI as Cascade and Oak Harbor split a Wesco North doubleheader. Pinorini hit a game-winning two-run single in the first game, a 7-6 Cascade win. Trevor Dubois and Pinorini hit back-to-back home runs in the second inning. Oak Harbor’s Jay Stout batted 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBI in the seventh inning. In the second contest, Oak Harbor’s Yale Rosen batted 2-for-4 with five RBI in a 7-6 Oak Harbor win.

At Cascade H.S.

Game 1

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Byrne, Evans (5) and Farnum. Zuanich and Duffy. WP—Zuanich (3-1). LP—Evans (0-3). 2B—Salyards (C). 3B—Stout (OH). HR—Dubois (C), Pinorini (C).

Game 2

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Salyards and Duffy. Clarke and Tillotson. WP—Clarke (5-1). LP—Salyards. 2B—Pinorini 2 (C), Counts (OH), Rosen (OH). 3B—Meek (C). HR—Rosen (OH). Records—Cascade 5-7 league, 5-11 overall. Oak Harbor 5-6, 8-6.

Lake Stevens 9, Stanwood 0: At Stanwood, Dylan LaVelle almost single handedly knocked out the Spartans on the way to the Wesco North victory. LaVelle batted 3-for-4 with a pair of homers and five RBI. He also got the W on the mound where he struck out six against three walks in five shutout innings. Catcher Jeff Ness hit 2-for-4 for Stanwood.

At Stanwood H.S.

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LaVelle, Clayton (6) and Tyler. Orcutt, Bloom (7) and Ness. WP—LaVelle. LP—Orcutt (1-3). 2B—Parris (L). HR—LaVelle (L) 2, Blackie (L). Records—Lake Stevens 11-1 league, 15-1 overall. Stanwood 2-10, 3-10.

Archbishop Murphy 14, South Whidbey 3: At Langley, Jake Hines hit two home runs, one a three-run home run in the first inning, and totalled six RBI for Murphy in its Cascade Conference win. Chris Peterson added a grand slam home run in the fifth.

At South Whidbey H.S.

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Kegley, Davis (6) and Peterson. Fallon, Rawls (3), Brown (5), Kirby (5) and Woodbury. WP—Kegley. LP—Fallon. 2B—Varriano (AM), Albright 2 (AM), Hines (AM), Hanson (AM). HR—Hines (AM), Peterson (AM). Records—Archbishop Murphy 13-2 league, 13-3 overall. South Whidbey 3-12, 5-12.

Cedarcrest 9, Coupeville 5: At Duvall, Paul Wilen batted 2-for-3 with a solo home run and Dakota Bunce was 2-for-3 to lead Cedarcrest to a Cascade Conference win. Jansen Woelz was 1-for-2 with three-run home run and Gunnar Swanson batted 2-for-2 for the Red Wolves. For Coupeville, J.D. Wilcox was 2-for-3 with a double and Eric King had a two-run home run in the first inning.

At Cedarcrest H.S.

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McClain, Brookhouse (4) and Griffen. Porter, Reeves (5) and Bunce. WP—Porter. LP—McClain. 2B—Wilcox (Co), Smith (Co), Porter (Ce), Bishop (Ce), Reeves (Ce). HR—King (Co), Wilen (Ce), Woelz (Ce). Records—Coupeville 7-8 league, 9-8 overall. Cedarcrest 15-0, 15-1.

Granite Falls 15, Sultan 5 (5 innings): At Granite Falls, senior Alex Cashman batted 3-for-4 with three home runs and five RBI to lead Granite Falls to a Cascade Conference win. In addition to Cashman, Ryan Teter (3-for-3 with a double), Max Whitt (3-for-4 with three RBI), Chad Major (3-for-4 with an RBI) and Mitch Byron (2-for-3, two RBI) provided offense for the Tigers. Sultan’s Justin Atkinson batted 2-for-3.

At Granite Falls H.S.

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I. Cooper, Is. Cooper (3) and Rutz. Walls, Benson (2) and Byron. WP—Walls. LP—I. Cooper. 2B—Teter (GF), Whitt (GF), Byron (GF). HR—Cashman 3 (GF). Records—Sultan 2-16 league, 2-16 overall. Granite Falls 6-9, 6-11.