STANWOOD — What’s the secret to molding a fine-tuned victory machine?
For the Stanwood baseball team, the not-so hush-hush approach is to simply not think about it.
The Stanwood Spartans beat the Snohomish Panthers for the second straight night, this time 4-3, in a Western Conference North Division game on Wednesday. Stanwood improved to 4-0 in league, 8-0 overall, and remains atop the league standings.
"Did I expect to be here? I just really don’t know," Stanwood head coach Tony Wolden said.
"I just tell our kids ‘Don’t worry about our record.’ We’re just taking it inning by inning and game by game."
Stanwood defeated Snohomish 11-3 Tuesday and completed a regular-season sweep of the Panthers (3-3, 5-4) with Wednesday’s victory. Wolden is pleased to have performed so well against what he called one of the best Wesco North teams.
"Snohomish is a fundamentally sound, well-coached team," Wolden said. "If I’d have split with them I’d have been happy. They’re a good club."
Stanwood’s offense didn’t pile up runs like it did Tuesday. This time, Bobby Lowe and Michael Bliss combined to inflict most of the damage.
Lowe singled, doubled and tripled, and scored twice.
"He was kind of the guy that had the spark and got it going," Wolden said.
Bliss drove in Lowe in both the second and fourth innings. Overall Bliss was 2-for-2 with three RBI, including a second-inning home run to left field.
Blake Wickstrom was 2-for-2 for Stanwood.
Kevin Rodland was 2-for-4 and pitcher Jake Hammons had two hits and one RBI for Snohomish.
Hammons and Guion. Emnott, Smith (7) and Northrup. WP—Emnott (2-0). LP—Hammons. 2B—Job (Sn), Lemke (Sn), Lowe (St), Bliss (St). 3B—Lowe (St). HR—Bliss (St). Records—Snohomish 3-3 league, 5-4 overall. Stanwood 4-0, 8-0. |
Lake Stevens 11, Mount Vernon 2: Lake Stevens jumped ahead early, scoring seven combined runs in the first three innings, and rolled to the Wesco North victory. Winning pitcher Matt Fields (3-0) struck out 12 and walked one, and Brandon Crain was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI for the Vikings. For Mount Vernon, Brandon Herring was 2-for-3 with a double.
Fields and Crain. Briceno, Gates (2), Herring (5), Milloy (7) and Steiner. WP—Fields (3-0). LP—Briceno (1-1). 2B—Kottsick (LS), Shields (LS), Crain (LS), Herring (MV). HR—Garcia (MV). Records—Lake Stevens 2-2 league, 6-2 overall. Mount Vernon 3-3, 5-4. |
Marysville-Pilchuck 11, Monroe 5: Marysville-Pilchuck pulled ahead to stay by scoring nine combined runs in the second, third and fourth innings. Josh Short was 3-for-4 and Joe Newland was 4-for-5 with two RBI for the Tommies in the Wesco North game. Winning pitcher Nick Haughian struck out seven in five innings.
Haughian, Neyens (6) and Day. Recor, Brady (3), Manthe (5), Cocking (6) and Ranko. WP—Haughian. LP—Recor (3-2). 2B—Short (M-P), Neyens (M-P) 2, Day (M-P). 3B—Benton (M-P). Records—M-Pilchuck 5-1 league, 8-2 overall. Monroe 3-3, 5-4. |
Oak Harbor 5, Arlington 1: John Lobbestael scored the winning run on Jake Jansen’s RBI double down the right-field line in the bottom of the third inning. Jansen was 3-for-3 with two RBI and teammate Camden Schutte also had three hits in the Wesco North game. For Arlington, catcher Nick Williams was 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Brown, Schain (5) and Williams. Lobbestael and Lange. WP—Lobbestael (1-2). LP—Brown. 2B—Jansen (OH). Records—Arlington 1-5 league, 1-7 overall. Oak Harbor 1-5, 3-7. |
Everett 7, Lynnwood 4: Lee Smith was 3-for-3 with three runs scored, three stolen bases and one RBI to lead Everett to the Wesco South victory. John Luatua was 2-for-3 for Everett.
St. Marie, Garcia (6) and Gruel. N. Smith, B. Levin (6) and Luatua. WP—N. Smith (2-0). LP—St. Marie. Records—Lynnwood 2-4 league, 2-6 overall. Everett 5-1, 5-3. |
Kamiak 6, Mariner 1: Winning pitcher Geoff Brown was perfect through 4 2/3 innings and struck out eight overall while walking only one in the complete-game Wesco South victory. At the plate, Brown was 2-for-4, including a double, and teammate Brian Ouellette was 3-for-3 with one RBI.
Dailey, Otto (6) and Degamo. Brown and Matthews. WP—Brown (2-0). LP—Dailey. 2B—Brown (K), Ouellette (K) 2, Fischer (K), Mangano (K). 3B—Wight (K). Records—Mariner5-1 league, 6-2 overall. Kamiak 5-1, 6-2. |
Meadowdale 3, Shorewood 2: Jensen Evans and J.J. Bach hit back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to supply Meadowdale’s runs in the Wesco South game. Evans’ homer was a two-run shot; Bach hit a solo blast. Jeremy Sage of Shorewood had an RBI triple.
Hamilton and Rockey. Denham and Bowling. WP—Denham (1-0). LP—Hamilton. 2B—Boudon (S). 3B—Sage (S). HR—Evans (M), Bach (M). Records—Shorewood 3-3 league, 4-3 overall. Meadowdale 2-4, 2-6. |
Shorecrest 12, Mountlake Terrace 11: In the bottom of the sixth inning with his team trailing 11-10, Brian Perry of Shorecrest hit a two-out, two-run line-drive double that put Shorecrest ahead to stay in the Wesco South game. Clete Barrick was 3-for-4 with a team-high three RBI for Shorecrest. For Mountlake Terrace, Justin Bruce hit a three-run home run in the fifth and scored three runs, and Scott Heath hit a solo homer in the sixth.
Klippenstein, Muller (4), Heath (5) and Bruce. Burgher, Barrick (4), Kastel (6) and Sweazey. WP—Kastel (1-0). LP—Heath. 2B—Dalton (MT), Perry (S). HR—Bruce (MT), Heath (MT). Records—M. Terrace 3-3 league, 4-4 overall. Shorecrest 4-2, 6-2. |
Lakewood 8, Lynden Christian 4: Kyle Westley was 2-for-4, both doubles, with two RBI for first-place Lakewood. Westley led off the bottom of the sixth with a double and later scored on teammate Anthony Savage’s bunt to give Lakewood a 6-4 cushion. Winning pitcher Alex Thomas struck out six in a complete-game.
Strengholt, Sprague (6) and Visser. Thomas and Wammack. WP—Thomas (2-0). LP—Strengholt. 2B—Parsons (LC), Kennaw (LC), Westley (La.) 2. Records—L. Christian 2-5 league, 2-6 overall. Lakewood 5-0, 7-1. |
Archbishop Murphy 7, Sultan 6 (8 innings): With the based loaded and no outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, John Paul Blair of Archbishop Murphy hit a two-run single to the right side of the infield to win the non-conference game. Ben Shivley was 4-for-4 and Blair was 3-for-4 with three RBI. For Sultan, Jake David was 4-for-5 with one RBI and Brett Cofer was 3-for-4 with one RBI. Sultan scored on an error to take the lead in the top of the eighth.
Granberg, Cofer (5) and Lemmon. McCann, Murphy (2), P. Ackerman (6) and T. Ackerman. WP—P. Ackerman (1-0). LP—Cofer. 2B—David (S), Cofer (S), Laver (S), Damianidis (S), Murphy (AM), Blair (AM). Records—Sultan 2-7 overall. A. Murphy 4-3. |
South Whidbey 5, Granite Falls 3: Joel Friesen went 2-for-3 scoring twice and doubling to lead South Whidbey over Granite Falls in the North Cascades league game. Billy Villegas went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored for Granite Falls.
Friesen, Kolbo (7) and Parra. Peden, Knudson (6) and Kalma. WP—Kolbo (not reported). LP—Knudson (0-1). 2B—Friesen (SW), Villegas (GF). Records—South Whidbey 3-2 in league, 4-4 overall. Granite Falls 3-4 , 3-8. |
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