The Pirates defeated the 3A Mount Tahoma Thunderbirds 17-3 at their first road game of the season on March 15. In his first outing of the year, Wes Paulsen pitched five strong innings, allowing just two earned runs. Wes continued to get stronger as the game progressed, hitting his spots and mixing up his pitches, keeping the Thunderbird hitters off-balance. Wes was supported by strong team defense, especially the solid play of senior shortstop Matt Amick. The Pirate hitters continue to look strong. Leading off the game, Peter Johnson scorched a line drive double over the right fielder’s head, and along with Tyler Bernheisel, scored on a two RBI line drive single to center field by Matt Amick. Johnson finished the night going 3 for 4 and scoring three runs. Julian Smith added two solid line drive singles, driving in 4 runs, and Ryan Johnson added three hits. Coach Steve Hall summed up the game this way –
“I thought the boys did a great job of executing on all phases of the game today. We were really able to open the playbook up and try all those things that you don't want to make a mistake doing in a big league game. Wes did a great job of pitching, and you can give credit to Peter Johnson for calling a great game. The guys are doing a good job of making pitchers throw them strikes and it’s paying off as you can tell with a two-game scoring total of 30 runs against only 4. The real test comes on Wednesday against the perennial powerhouse of the Chimacum Cowboys.”
Pirate JVs Defeat Mt Tahoma
The JV team played an exhibition game against Mt. Tahoma on March 15. The Pirates broke into the scoring column early with 1 run in the first and never looked back. It was a hitting parade for the Pirates JV and everyone had success. The game ended after 5 innings with Vashon winning 9-3. With all of the Pirate base runners, the score could have easily been 15-3 or more.
Erik Powelson (2 IP), Dustin Corthell (2 IP) and Kelly Sullivan (1 IP) pitched with Joe Wald and Zach Drape doing the catching.
Catch the Pirates again on March 17th at Chimacum!
