Ben Etzell collected two hits Monday in his team’s loss. (Shelli Trumbull photo)
They are the best for a reason. Well, a whole lot of reasons.
Archbishop Thomas Murphy is the defending 2A state baseball champs, they’re unbeaten in the Cascade Conference this season (10-0) and they have the best player in the league in all-world shortstop Trevor Morrison.
Which is just going to make it sting more if Coupeville beats them in either of their two remaining games (Wednesday in Everett, Friday on the Island).
Before you laugh, remember, Cedarcrest was unbeaten last week, as well, before the Wolves toppled them.
That big win wasn’t in the books Monday, however, as ATM kicked off the three-game series with a 13-2 victory, improving to 11-1 overall, while dropping Coupeville to 5-6, 3-6 in league play.
The visiting Wildcats came off the bus swinging hot, dropping four-run rallies in each of the first two innings and driving Wolf starter Aaron Curtin from the mound.
Wade Schaef came in from the outfield to replace him and struck out five over five innings, tossing 84 pitches, to give Coupeville a fighting chance.
The Wolves, if nothing else, forced ATM to play a full seven innings, scoring once in the fourth and again in the fifth to keep the 10-run rule from going into effect.
The first run came via Cole Payne, who whacked a pinch-hit single and then scampered home later on an ATM error. The Wolves added a second run on an Aaron Trumbull RBI ground-out which scored Ben Etzell.
Etzell collected two base knocks to pace Coupeville, while Jake Tumblin, Joey Edwards, Korbin Korzan and both of the Payne brothers (Morgan and Cole) chipped in with a hit apiece.
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