Snohomish escapes from bases-loaded jams to beat M-P

Published 11:05 pm Tuesday, March 18, 2008

SNOHOMISH — Defense wins ballgames.

And Tuesday afternoon defense definitely won the ballgame for the Snohomish Panthers.

Snohomish (1-0 in league, 3-0 overall) escaped two bases-loaded jams in outlasting Marysville-Pilchuck 2-1 in a Wesco North game at Snohomish High School.

“It was a great defensive game by both teams,” Snohomish head coach Kim Hammons said.

The Panthers escaped the first of two bases-loaded jams in the second, giving up only one run after allowing the Tomahawks to load the bases with no outs.

Derek Jones (1-0 overall) struck out one, then got the Tomahawks to ground into a first-to-home forceout before finally getting a groundout to third, ending the inning.

In the fifth inning, the Tomahawks again loaded the bases, this time with one out. Tomahawks first baseman Riley Gilbertson singled to left. Snohomish left fielder Bryce Menhold fielded the ball and “threw a perfect strike home,” Snohomish coach Kim Hammons said, getting Tyler Holm at the plate for an outfield assist.

“That was the story of our game. We escaped two jams. We were pretty happy to get out of that,” Hammons said.

Snohomish scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the second when Austin Reynolds scored on a wild pitch by Tomahawks pitcher Frankie Nelson. It ended up being the only mistake Nelson would make.

Nelson finished with a complete game, striking out six and walking three.

Jones pitched five innings, striking out three and Aaron West pitched two innings in relief for his first save of the season.

“West has done this for three years. He comes in and does a great job in those situations,” Hammons said of his senior reliever.

At Snohomish H.S.

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Nelson and Botham. Jones, West (6) and Chandler. WP—Jones (1-0). LP—Nelson (1-1). S—West (1). 2B—Jones (S). Records—M-P 0-1 league, 2-1 overall. Snohomish 1-0, 3-0.

Oak Harbor 5, Cascade 3: At Everett, Oak Harbor left fielder Josh Higbee preserved the Wesco North victory by catching a deep fly against the fence with two outs in bottom of the seventh inning and the bases loaded. Winning pitcher Danny Lura went the distance and batted 3-for-4. Cascade’s Dan Carney had a triple and a double.

At Cascade H.S.

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Lura and Encinas. Reading, Freeman (6), McPartlard (7) and Carney. WP—Lura. LP—Reading (0-2). 2B—Richter (OH), Carney (C). 3B—Reilly (OH), Carney (C). Records—Oak Harbor 1-0 league, 1-2 overall. Cascade 0-1, 0-3.

Monroe 9, Everett 4: At Monroe, Ian Parmley bounced back from a rough first two innings (six hits, two walks, four runs) by retiring 15 of the next 16 batters to earn the complete game victory for Monroe. Andy Chriscaden, Zac Miller and David Brakke all homered for the Bearcats. Jake Frauenholtz batted 2-for-4 with a double, run and RBI for Everett.

At Marshall Field

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Gardner, Juarez (3) and Herrick. Parmley and Rintala. WP—Parmley (2-0). LP—Gardner. 2B—Frauenholtz (E), Hastings (M). HR—Chriscaden (M), Miller (M), Brakke (M). Records—Everett 0-1 league, 0-3 overall. Monroe 1-0, 4-1.

Stanwood 4, Lake Stevens 3: At Lake Stevens, Stanwood’s Howie Phillips threw seven strikeouts and Patrick Bliss had two doubles and three RBI to lead Stanwood to a Wesco North victory.

At Lake Stevens H.S.

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Phillips and Joyce. Iseri, Johnson (6) and Nelson. WP—Phillips. LP—Iseri (0-1). 2B—Bliss (S) 2, Porter (LS).Records—Stanwood 1-0 league, 3-0 overall. L. Stevens 0-1, 1-1.

Meadowdale 19, Edmonds-Woodway 1: At Edmonds, Meadowdale had nine extra-base hits in its Wesco South victory.

At Edmonds-Woodway H.S.

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Haight, O’Neill (4) and Anselment. Scott, Betts (3) and Cox, Swartz (3). WP—Haight. LP—Scott. 2B—Brennan (M) 1, Suh (M) 1, Johnson (M) 1, Anselment (M) 1, Gorman (M) 1, Lyon (M) 1, Dooley (M) 1, Haight (M) 2, Wong (EW), Naughtin (EW). Records—Meadowdale 1-0 league, 1-2 overall. E-W 0-1, 0-3.

Shorewood 6, Mariner 2: At Shoreline, Bobby LeCount struck out eight in a complete-game performance and was 2-for-3 with a triple and a three-run homer for the Thunderbirds in their Wesco South win. LeCount took a no-hitter into the fifth inning. Daniel Hammer scored two runs for Shorewood.

At Shorewood H.S.

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Miloff and Thompson, Saga (3). LeCount and Giles. WP—LeCount (2-0). LP—Miloff (1-1). 2B—Kuniyoshi (S), McAree (S). 3B—LeCount (S). HR—LeCount (S). Records—Mariner 0-1 league, 1-1 overall. Shorewood 1-0, 3-1.

Mountlake Terrace 8, Lynnwood 0: At Mountlake Terrace, Jake Theis pitched a complete game shutout, striking out six and walking none to lead Mountlake Terrace to the Wesco South win. Jacob Mann batted 2-for-3 with a double, three RBI and two runs scored for the Hawks. Matt Shafer added two hits — both doubles — and four RBI for the Hawks. Chris Gordon batted 2-for-3 for the Royals.

At M. Terrace H.S.

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Mann, Presby (3), Kiser (3) and Smith. Theis and Clingan. WP—Theis (2-0). LP—Mann. 2B—Mann (MT), Shafer (MT) 2. Records—Lynnwood 0-1 league, 0-4 overall. M. Terrace 1-0, 2-2.

Shorecrest 2, Kamiak 1: At Mukilteo, Shorecrest’s James Robbins struck out 10 batters to outduel Kamiak’s Kyle Peterson, who gave up just two unearned runs, to win the Wesco South opener for both squads. Shorecrest’s Stefan Orallo was 2-for-4 with a run scored.

At Kamiak H.S.

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Robbins and Desrosier. Peterson and Smullin. WP—Robbins (1-1). LP—Peterson (1-2). Records—Shorecrest 1-0 league, 1-2 overall. Kamiak 0-1, 2-3.

Coupeville 5-2, Granite Falls 4-8: At Granite Falls, James Smith’s single in the eighth inning gave Coupeville the Cascade Conference win over Granite Falls, completing a March 10 game that was suspended by rain after five innings. Smith finished 3-for-5 with a double and three RBI. The Tigers were led by Julian Gamache (3-for-4), Brandon Brown (3-for-4, triple) and Max Whitt (2-for-4, 2B).

In the nightcap, Gamache batted 2-for-4 with a double, triple and a RBI and Whitt added three hits and four RBI in leading Granite Falls to an 8-2 victory in the second game. Chad Major and Zack Teter each had two hits and a RBI for the Tigers. Alex Evans led Coupeville with two doubles and Kyle Wilcox added two hits.

At Granite Falls H.S.

First game

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Hauser, K. Wilcox (5), Evans (6) and K. Wilcox and Griffen. Matronic, Major (3), Matronic (8) and Jones and Lau (6). WP—Evans. LP—Matronic. 2B—Smith (C), Whitt (GF). 3B—Brown (GF).

Second game

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J. Wilcox, Murdy (2) and Griffen. Whitt, Reed (5) and Lau. WP—Whitt (1-0). LP—Wilcox. 2B—Evans (C) 2, Gamache (GF). 3B—Gamache (GF).Records—Coupeville 2-2 in league, 2-2 overall. Granite Falls 1-2, 1-3.

Boys golf

Mountlake Terrace 180, Edmonds-Woodway 183, Meadowdale 207, Mariner DNQ: At Mountlake Terrace, Ricky McDonald captured medalist honors with a 1-under par 32 to lead Edmonds-Woodway to a second-place finish behind Mountlake Terrace in the Wesco South meet. Bobby Shoemaker and Jesse Anderson both shot 34s to lead the Hawks.

At Nile Country Club

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Mountlake Terrace—Shoemaker 34, Anderson 34, Ma Crump 35, Mi. Crump 38, Reed 39. Edmonds-Woodway—McDonald (medalist) 32, Haller 35, Phillips 38, Byun 39, Roeter 39, Yeo 39. Meadowdale—Burks 36, Hollenhorst 39, Larson 42, Hodg 43, Bayer 47. Mariner—Hutz 38, Alling 53, Williams 61, Teodorescu 77.

Snohomish 368, Kamiak 376, Oak Harbor 385, Lake Stevens 410: At Snohomish, Eric McCardle of Oak Harbor and Kamiak’s Dylan Goodwin each shot 2-under-par 70 to share medalist honors in the non-league meet. Snohomish’s Mike Jaeger shot 1-under-par 71 to lead the Panthers, who won the team competition with a score of 368.

At Snohomish Golf Course

18 holes, par 72

Snohomish: Jaeger 71; Stensland 72; Fjelstad 73; Stocker 76; Pecha 76. Kamiak: Goodwin 70 (medalist); Martin 72; Carey 75; Strickland 76; Price 83. Oak Harbor: McCardle 70 (medalist); Ford 73; Reedy 77; Perez 80; Kenworthy 85. Lake Stevens: Montgomery 73; Borges 73; Geller 84; Girard 89; Liam 91; Papka 91.