Varsity
The Pirates lost their first game of the season yesterday on the road against the Chimacum Cowboys 8-1. Vashon took an early 1-0 lead, and Tyler Bernheisel held the Cowboys to a modest 3-1 lead after 5 innings. Having reached 90 pitches in his first full outing of the season, Bernheisel was relieved by Matt Amick in the sixth.
The combination of Amick leaving some pitches up in the zone, and a key call at first that went against the Pirates, led to five Cowboy runs in the bottom of 6th to seal the deal.
Vashon's hot bats cooled off as the Pirates only mustered four hits, two of them coming from first baseman Wes Paulsen. The line score: Vashon 1 Run, 4 hits, 1 Error, Chimacum 8 Runs, 11 hits, 1 Error.
“The players went home disappointed, but hopefully will learn from the experience,” said Coach Hall.
Next game is at home on Friday, March 19th against Charles Wright.
JV
The Chimacum Cowboys defeated the Pirates 13-3 in 6 innings yesterday. Erik Powelson pitched 2 innings with four strikeouts. Dustin Corthell pitched 3 innings and also had four strikeouts). Kelly Sullivan pitched an inning. Joe Wald went 1 for 3 with 1 RBI, Geoffrey Kraabel was 1 for 2 with 2 RBIs, Erik Powelson was 1 for 1 with 2 BB, Sullivan was 1 for 3, and Corthell was 1 for 3.
“We were in it for 5 innings – only down 8-3 and starting to hit. But the wheels fell off, and a few errors later it was over by the 6th,” said Coach Joe Wald.
The JV team is on the road against Charles Wright on Friday, March 19th.
