They like getting on base.
Rapping out nine hits Tuesday, then tacking on 12 walks, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad cruised to a big win on Orcas Island.
By the time the Wolves were done tapping home plate, they had a 16-4 win — in a game mercy-ruled after six innings — and headed home with their fourth victory in their last five games.
Now 4-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 5-4 overall, Coupeville sits a half-game out of first place in the NWL, trailing just defending champs Friday Harbor (4-0).
The Wolves get a few days off to enjoy spring break, returning to action Apr. 11 with a road trip to Sultan for a non-conference tilt.
Everyone chipped in Tuesday, with 10 different Wolves reaching base, and seven of those players slapping a hit.
Coupeville got out to a quick start, pushing three runs across in the top of the first thanks to singles from Hawthorne Wolfe and Scott Hilborn packaged around a walk to Jonathan Valenzuela.
Orcas scraped out a run in the bottom of the first, and another in the second, cutting the deficit to 3-2, before the Wolves slammed their foot on the gas pedal.
A six-run burst in the top of the third, keyed by a Xavier Murdy double and a single off of Jack Porter’s bat, busted things open.
From there, CHS cruised in for the win, tacking on three more runs in the fourth, before closing things out with a four-run rally in the sixth.
Wolf pitchers Cody Roberts and Hilborn combined to whiff nine Vikings, scattering five hits and not giving up more than a single run in any inning.
Tuesday stats:
Chase Anderson — 1 single, 1 walk
Peyton Caveness — 1 walk
Scott Hilborn — 2 singles, 1 walk
Alex Murdy — 2 walks
Xavier Murdy — 1 single, 1 double
Jack Porter — 1 single
Cody Roberts — 1 double, 1 walk
Sage Sharp — 2 walks
Jonathan Valenzuela — 1 single, 3 walks
Hawthorne Wolfe — 1 single, 1 walk
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