Landon Roberts brings the heat. (Jon Roberts photo)
They left their offense at home.
Unable to generate much of an attack Saturday, the Coupeville High School baseball squad was blanked 12-0 by host Blaine, leaving the young Wolves winless on the season.
The non-conference defeat, which came against an always strong 1A hardball program, drops CHS to 0-3 on the campaign.
Up next is a return home, with the first Northwest 2B/1B League game of the season on the docket.
The Wolves host Friday Harbor Tuesday, before island-hopping for a rematch with the Wolverines two days later.
Coupeville will then close a busy week with a non-conference home game Saturday, Mar. 29 against Island rival South Whidbey.
Saturday’s game was originally set to be the season opener but was rained out.
This time around, the liquid sunshine remained at bay, but the host Borderites stayed hot all afternoon.
Blaine pushed one run across in the first, four more in the second, then tossed a five-spot on the scoreboard in the bottom of the third.
Two more runs in the fourth set the final margin, with the game mercy ruled after five frames.
Coupeville only put three baserunners aboard in this one, with the lone hit being a two-out single from Camden Glover in the top of the first inning.
Other than that, the only brief fire ignited by the Wolves came in the fourth, when Glover and Coop Cooper drew back-to-back one-out walks.
Unfortunately for CHS, the next batter popped up into a double play, with the Blaine catcher snagging the airborne ball for out #2, then nailing a straying runner at second for out #3.
Senior Landon Roberts and freshman Carson Grove teamed up on the mound for the Wolves, with Roberts picking up two strikeouts.
While they were outhit 10-1 on the day, one bright spot for Coupeville’s hardball warriors came on defense, where the visitors committed their fewest errors of the still-young season.
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