Coupeville Sports

Aaron Trumbull swung a big bat Friday. (John Fisken photo)

Ben Etzell will start on the mound for the Wolves in the first playoff game.

Hot at the right time.

That’s what the Coupeville High School baseball squad is, as it’s playing its best ball as the playoffs loom.

Rallying for five runs in the top of the fifth Friday, the Wolves completed a three-game sweep of host Sultan.

The 9-4 win was their fourth straight victory and lifted CHS to 10-8 overall, 9-8 in Cascade Conference play.

Coupeville closes the regular season with a game in Lakewood Saturday — its fifth game in the season’s final six days.

After that, the postseason will be here, with the Wolves going to either Meridian or Nooksack Valley Tuesday, May 6 to kick off the double-elimination district tourney.

Friday, it was junior first baseman Aaron Trumbull who had the hot bat. He smashed a double and a triple and knocked in three runs.

Senior catcher Jake Tumblin, who has been red-hot at the plate of late, belted an RBI double to backup Trumbull.

Wade Schaef added a double and Ben Etzell, Kurtis Smith and Josh Bayne each had two hits, as Coupeville thrashed Sultan (0-18) for the third straight time, collecting 12 hits Friday and scoring 28 runs total in the series.

“It was great to see our boys hit the ball so well against three different types of pitchers: soft, firm, then soft again,” said Coupeville coach Willie Smith. “We really had great approaches throughout the lineup.”

Korbin Korzan and Schaef combined for the win on the mound.

“It was probably Wade’s best outing of the year,” Willie Smith said. “Which is great because we will need that kind of performance throughout our playoffs.”