Chelsea Prescott and her Coupeville Babe Ruth teammates capped a successful season with a run to the state tourney. (John Fisken photo)
No trip to Canada this year.
Back-to-back losses the past two days eliminated the Coupeville Babe Ruth baseball squad from the state tournament in Ephrata, leaving them a win shy of advancing to regionals in Calgary, Alberta.
The Wolves fell 17-12 to Othello in Wednesday’s opener, then were knocked out 12-2 Thursday by Moses Lake.
“It was a fun experience,” Coupeville coach Steve Hilborn said. “But it would have been nice to have a better showing.”
Othello:
The Wolves jumped out to an 8-0 lead by the third inning, then hit a severe rough stretch, giving up 17 unanswered runs.
Errors in crucial situations killed Coupeville, with Othello salting the game away with an eight-run sixth inning
Down 17-8, the Wolves rallied to scratch out four runs in the bottom half of the inning, but that was the end of the trail for any comebacks.
Moses Lake:
With a 10 AM start time, Coupeville had hopes of catching their Eastern Washington foes while they were down.
Moses Lake didn’t finish its Wednesday game against Sedro-Woolley until 12:30 AM Thursday, making for a short turnaround.
“We were hoping they’d be too tired to play, but they figured it out,” Hilborn said. “We left 11 guys on base in the first four innings. Couldn’t get runs across.
“It was a walk-fest on both sides. Neither pitcher could figure out the ump’s strike zone.”
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