College baseball players CJ (left) and Hunter Smith hang out with the true star of the family, lil’ sis Scout. (Charlotte Young photo)
The Smith boys are settling into the college baseball life.
After playing four games over the weekend, the Green River College baseball squad, and their Coupeville stars, are coming up fast on the quarter mark of the season.
The Gators have hit a bit of a downward spiral in recent days, dropping their last five to slide to 3-6 on the season, nine games into a 38-game schedule.
But two of the bright points for Green River have been CHS grads CJ and Hunter Smith.
The former is the team’s top relief ace, while the latter is spending his days starting at second base or shortstop.
CJ has appeared in four games, recording his team’s only save and posting a 1.93 ERA.
That’s the lowest number for any Gator pitcher with more than one appearance.
The older of the Smith brothers has thrown 4.2 innings, faced 22 batters, given up just one earned run, whiffed two and plunked another two.
Hunter has started in eight of nine games, racking up three hits, including a triple, while walking four times, scoring four times, and collecting three RBI.
In the field, he has 17 put-outs and a team-high 16 assists.
While the brothers are separated by two years, they are both in their freshmen season at Green River.
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