CHS hurler Cody Roberts whiffed four Wednesday. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
Two straight games with a walk-off winner.
Though, to be honest, the first time was a lot more fun.
A game after beating South Whidbey in its final at-bat, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad ended up on the other side of things Wednesday afternoon.
This time it was host Lynden Christian escaping with a 2-1 win, after the Lyncs used a pair of singles, a walk, and a Wolf error to push across the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning.
The non-conference loss, coming against an always-tough Lync program, drops Coupeville to 1-2 on the season.
The Wolves get a chance to even out that mark Saturday when they host North Mason.
After that CHS kicks off Northwest 2B/1B League play, with seven straight games against conference rivals.
Wednesday’s game was a pitcher’s duel from start to finish, with Wolf hurlers Cody Roberts and Jonathan Valenzuela acquitting themselves quite nicely against Lynden.
The Lyncs plated one run in the second inning courtesy a sacrifice fly, then didn’t score again until the seventh.
Unfortunately, Coupeville couldn’t get its own offense into high gear for much of the day, scraping out its lone run in the top of the sixth.
Hawthorne Wolfe led off the frame with a triple, then scooted home on a groundout by Scott Hilborn, but CHS could have had more.
Valenzuela cracked a two-out double to give the Wolves a shot at snatching the lead away, only to find himself stranded at inning’s end.
Wolfe finished with two of Coupeville’s five hits, adding a single to his three-bagger, while Valenzuela (2B), Roberts (1B), and Jack Porter (1B) also collected base-knocks.
Hawthorne Wolfe and Co. came up just short in Lynden.
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