Coupeville Sports

   Wolf junior Clay Reilly delivered strong work on defense in a tough loss Monday afternoon. (John Fisken photo)

Some days are just not your day.

Only a few hours back from Spring Break, with three starters sick or injured, the Coupeville High School baseball squad made a long trek Monday with very little reward.

After heading all the way up to the Canadian border, the Wolves got whacked 12-2 in five innings by a very efficient Blaine squad.

The non-conference loss dropped Coupeville to 4-7.

“Rough game for us. We just didn’t bring our game,” said CHS coach Marc Aparicio.

The hope is to get their mojo back quickly, as the Wolves play eight of their final nine regular season games against 1A Olympic League rivals.

Coupeville currently sits in a first-place tie with Klahowya at 1-0, and will kick off the stretch run with a road game against Chimacum (0-1, 2-5) Thursday.

Facing off with a Borderite squad that improved to 7-5, the Wolves surrendered runs in every inning.

Blaine went for two in the first, then added five, two, one and the final knock-out punch with two more in the bottom of the fifth.

After putting only one runner on in the first three innings, thanks to a Blaine error, Coupeville finally broke through with two runs in the top of the fourth.

The Wolves plated Hunter Smith and CJ Smith, but the rally fizzled almost as quickly as it began.

While his team didn’t have its strongest showing of the season, Aparicio came away pleased with the effort of at least two of his young guns.

“Clay (Reilly) had a great day in the outfield and Kory (Score) hit well and helped score one of our only two runs,” he said.