Coupeville Sports

Camden Glover smashed a pair of RBI doubles Tuesday in a road win. (David Somes photos)

They’ve walked their way right into a winning streak.

Picking up 18 free passes Tuesday including six thanks to players being plunked, the Coupeville High School baseball squad blew open a close game at La Conner late, rolling to a 14-3 victory.

The win, the third-straight for the suddenly streaking Wolves, lifts them to 3-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 3-6 overall.

The two squads get right back at it Thursday, with the Braves visiting Cow Town for a rematch. Which should be just about enough time for Coupeville’s bruises to start healing.

Steve Hilborn’s crew of diamond dogs showed no fear of the incoming baseball, with four different batters wearing the ball.

Jesus Madrigal, Coop Cooper, and Leo Rodriguez all got drilled by wayward La Conner pitches, while baseball magnet Riley Lawless caught horsehide against flesh three times.

While that may seem extreme, the sophomore slugger was hit four times in one game earlier this season, proving he’s tough, resilient, or needs to learn to dodge better. Or a little bit of all three.

Lawless got on base the hard way twice in one inning Tuesday, as the Wolves used a 10-walk, one-hit, eight-run sixth inning to crack things open.

Coupeville entered the frame clinging to just a 3-2 lead, before the merry parade of walks allowed them to pad the lead all the way out to 11-2.

Tack on three more tallies in the seventh, with Camden Glover smoking a two-run double and Trent Thule eking out a based-loaded walk, and the game was on ice.

Early on, the Wolves stranded runners on base in each of the first four innings.

CHS got a run-scoring double from Glover in the third to claim a 1-0 lead, before La Conner snuck ahead 2-1 in the bottom half of the inning.

Coupeville got back in the lead thanks to a handful of — what else — walks, plus some smart baserunning, and a pair of passed balls by La Conner in the fifth.

Meanwhile, a trio of Wolf pitchers combined to limit the Braves to just a single hit, with Cooper, Glover, and Carson Grove combining to whiff 16 hitters across seven innings.

All in all, the visitors were the stronger team Tuesday, with Coupeville winning the hit battle 6-1, while committing a season-low one error, while the Braves botched four plays.

Landon Roberts and the Wolves have won three straight.

Tuesday stats:

Coop Cooper — Three walks
Camden Glover — Two doubles, two walks
Carson Grove — Three walks
Riley Lawless — One single, three walks
Jayden Little — One walk
Jesus Madrigal — One walk
Landon Roberts — Two singles, one double, one walk
Leo Rodriguez — One walk
Trent Thule — Three walks

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