A day after his birthday, Landon Roberts whiffed three batters in an inning of work on the mound. (Morgan White photo)
The ferry waits for no man.
Even if they’re in the middle of playing a baseball game.
That’s a cold, hard fact for people who live on islands, so Saturday’s JV baseball game between visiting Coupeville High School and host Orcas came to an early end after three innings.
That allowed the Vikings to hold on for a 5-2 win against a young Wolf squad just finding its rhythm.
“All in all, we are happy to get a few innings in before we had to abruptly call the game,” said CHS coach Jon Roberts.
“I truly wish we could have played at least five innings. I think we could have clawed our way back into it.
“However, we will never know if that would be true.”
The Wolves, now 0-4-1 on the season, started strongly, scoring two runs in the top of the first.
All three of Coupeville’s hits came in that inning, with Marcelo Gebhard and Jack Farrell ripping singles and Aidyn McDermott crunching a double.
Both runs came in on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Seth Woollet, while the inning ended when Orcas gunned down a runner headed home.
“An exciting start!” Jon Roberts said. “The opposition pitcher had just played the field on varsity. We were making contact and scoring runs.”
Unfortunately for Coupeville, its first-inning hits would be its only base knocks in the game, though the Wolves did draw three walks across the final two innings.
Orcas only recorded one hit on the afternoon but took advantage of a series of free passes to push four runs across in the first, and another one in the second.
CHS mixed its pitchers, with Yohannan Sandles getting the start, before Myca Clarkson and Landon Roberts followed him to the mound.
The final two hurlers both whiffed three Vikings apiece.
Coupeville’s JV returns to action next Thursday, April 27, when it travels to Darrington.
Saturday stats:
David Dominici — One walk
Jack Farrell — One single
Marcelo Gebhard — One single
Matthew Gilbert — One walk
Aidyn McDermott — One double
Skylar Sand — One walk
Yohannon Sandles — One walk
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