Camden Glover socked two doubles Tuesday, sparking Coupeville to a win on Friday Harbor. (Ryan Blouin photo)
Hit ’em hard, hit ’em fast, hit ’em more than once.
Jumping out to a big lead early Tuesday, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad scorched host Friday Harbor 9-3 to capture an important win.
All victories matter, but earning a season split with one of their chief rivals pushes the Wolves into the lead in the chase for playoff seeding.
Coupeville returns to Whidbey with a 4-2 record in Northwest 2B/1B League play and are currently the top 2B school in the conference, a half game up on Friday Harbor (4-3) and well ahead of La Conner (1-4).
The Wolves, who are 5-8 overall, head to Mount Vernon Christian Friday, where they’ll go for a season sweep of the Hurricanes.
Tuesday’s tilt on Friday Harbor was all Wolves, all day, as they avenged an earlier season loss to the Wolverines.
Two runs in the top of the first, with Peyton Caveness and Cole White walking, before Steven Gonzalez drilled a run-scoring groundout and Jack Porter whacked an RBI double, set the stage.
With Wolf senior Seth Woollet putting up goose eggs on the scoreboard, CHS tacked on three more runs in the second, and another three in the third to stretch the lead out to 8-0.
The big hits in the second inning came courtesy 8th grader Carson Grove, who looped a two-run single to right, and sophomore Chase Anderson, who smoked an RBI single to left.
It was the season debut for Anderson, who has been dealing with an injury, and he promptly delivered in the DH role.
Turn to the third and the base knocks continued to fly to all fields, with Camden Glover and Caveness socking back-to-back RBI doubles to left.
White sent another runner screaming for home on a hot grounder to shortstop, and Coupeville was flying high.
Seth Woollet was in control against Friday Harbor. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Woollet, who gave up a double to the first batter he faced, then retired nine straight.
He allowed just four baserunners across six innings of work, striking out two and keeping the Wolverines off balance all day.
Friday Harbor finally pushed a runner across in the fifth, though Coupeville matched it with a final tally of its own in the top of the seventh.
Landon Roberts bounced a single through the defense, then came around to score on a two-out double off the bat of Glover.
With Woollet leaving the mound before the seventh, Coop Cooper and Glover tag-teamed the final three outs, with Glover ending the game emphatically with a strikeout.
Coupeville dominated the stat sheet, outhitting Friday Harbor 9-5, and picking up seven walks to go with its base knocks.
Glover and Aiden O’Neill paced the offense with two hits apiece, while Grove, Caveness, Roberts, Porter, and Anderson each had one.
White walked three times, with Caveness and Cooper getting aboard twice thanks to free passes.
In fitting fashion, four of those seven walks came when Wolf hitters got plunked by wayward pitches.
Making a run at playoff contention. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
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