Rayner pitches no-hitter for Arlington

Published 9:32 pm Saturday, March 22, 2008

ARLINGTON ­— It didn’t take Christina Rayner long to remind the Arlington softball team just what it had been missing.

The standout pitcher — who was absent from the Eagles’ first four games of the season because she played in an international tournament in Taiwan — threw a no-hitter in her first start of the season Saturday. Rayner struck out nine batters and allowed just two base runners over the full seven innings of a 7-0 defeat of Shorecrest.

“It was nice to have her back,” head coach Daniel Eng said. “I think it’s safe to say she’ll be in the circle most of the time from here on out.”

Rayner had been playing with Northwest Exposure, a team of Washington state high-school standouts, at an invitation-only tournament in Taiwan. The team played the Taiwan Olympic team.

After returning, Rayner had to participate in 10 practices before becoming eligible. Her team was 2-2 without her.

She walked one batter in the first inning Saturday, then another Shorecrest batter reached on an error in the fourth. But that was all Shorecrest could manage.

“She actually looked a bit rusty, just because she hadn’t been throwing in game situations,” Eng said. “But she was certainly good enough.”

At Arlington H.S.

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Collins and Towles. Rayner and Johnson. WP—Rayner (1-0). LP—Collins. 2B—Lyon (1). 3B—Allen (3B). Records— Arlington 3-2.

Ferndale 9, Shorewood 5: At Ferndale, Shorewood freshman pitcher Madison Hollenbeck, in her first varsity start, scattered eight hits, struck out eight and didn’t allow an earned run in a complete-game performance.

Unfortunately, her defense committed eight errors behind her, leading to nine unearned Ferndale runs.

Amanda Olsen went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored to lead Shorewood’s offensive efforts.

At Ferndale H.S.

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Hollenbeck and Edinger, Vanou (3). Kullingmark, Kranz (4) and Flores. WP—Kranz. LP—Hollenbeck. HR—Olsen (S). Records—Shorewood 1-4 overall. Ferndale not reported.

Mountlake Terrace 12, Sammamish 3: At Sammamish, Chelsea Crews, Amanda Kristjanson, and Kayla Watson each went 3-for-5 as the Hawks won the non-league contest.

Steph McLauchlan and Megan Runkel each had a pair of hits as the Hawks pounded out 17 for the contest. Kori Seidlitz got the win with 31/3 innings of five-hit, eight-strikeout relief.

At Sammamish H.S.

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Ke. Seidlitz, Ko. Seidlitz (4) and Barnts, Watson (4). McKaig, Gill (5), and Pinto. WP—Ko. Seidlitz (1-0). LP—name (record). 2B—McLauchlan (MLT), Jacoben (S), VanZandt (S). Records—M. Terrace 3-1 overall. Sammamish not reported.

Mt. Vernon 5, Jackson 3: At Mt. Vernon, Ashley Todd belted a home run and a double for Jackson, but seven errors hurt Jackson. All five of Mount Vernon’s runs were unearned.

At Mt. Vernon H.S.

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McEachran and York. Walker and Barnett. WP—Walker. LP—McEachran. 2B—Todd (1). HR—Todd (1). Records—Jackson 2-3 overall.

Granite Falls 5, Mount Rainier 4 (9 innings): At Seattle, Shelby Spencer’s singled home the winning run in the top of the ninth inning as the Tigers defeated Class 3A Mount Rainier at the Washington State Husky Fastpitch Festival. Granite Falls’ Alyssa Arndt pitched a three-hitter and struck out 12.

At UW Softball Field

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Arndt and Todd. McDonald and Kleine. WP—Arndt (1-1). LP—McDonald. 2B—Engstrom (GF). 3B—Martinez (MR). Records—GF 2-2 overall. MR not reported.