Trent Thule whiffed four while pitching in Forks Saturday afternoon. (Melanie Wolfe photo)
Some days very little seems to work.
That was sort of the feeling Saturday as the Coupeville High School baseball squad struggled in all aspects of the game far away from home, absorbing its most lopsided loss of the season.
Falling 12-2 to non-conference foe Forks in a game mercy-ruled after five innings, the Wolves drop to 7-4 but will quickly turn their attention back to more pressing matters.
Steve Hilborn’s squad returns to action with Northwest 2B/1B League clashes against Concrete next Tuesday and Thursday, as they chase a conference crown.
When it squares off with the Lions, Coupeville will look to put Saturday’s performance in the rear-view mirror and not dwell on a day when its defensive errors (7) outnumbered its hits (2) and walks (2) combined.
CHS actually got on the board first in Forks, with Carson Grove using nimble base-running to slap a run on the board in the top of the first.
After reaching on a fielder’s choice, the Wolf sophomore stole second, skittered to third on an error by the Forks catcher, then scooted home on a wild pitch.
The Spartans responded almost immediately, pushing two runs across in the bottom half of the frame, before Coupeville briefly knotted things up at 2-2 in the top of the second.
Senior speed demon Aiden O’Neill led off the inning by belting a triple to left field, before later bolting for home on yet another wild pitch.
Unfortunately for Coupeville, that was about it for offense as the Wolves only got two more runners aboard across the game’s final three-plus innings, with both runners being left stranded.
Forks blew the game wide open in the bottom half of the second, piling on seven runs thanks to a motley mix of walks and CHS errors, before tacking on three more in the fifth to bring an early end to things.
Young Wolf pitchers Trent Thule (4) and Carson Grove (2) combined to rack up six strikeouts in the game, partially balancing things.
Saturday stats:
Coop Cooper — One single
Carson Grove — One walk
Aiden O’Neill — One triple
Leo Rodriguez — One walk
Coupeville Sports 
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