Cascade Christian Downs Pirates 9-5

On April 19 the Pirates took on powerhouse Cascade Christian at Tacoma Community College.  With  Erik Powelson going the distance on the mound for Vashon, the Cougars scored two in the bottom of the second and two in the third aided by three errors by the Pirates defense.  Just coming of a big win the day before at Orting, the Pirates weren’t crisp, but the team kept pressing forward.  The Pirates scored one run in the top of the third on aggressive base running by Peter Johnson and  Zack Drape.  Down 4-1, the Pirates ran Cascade’s best pitcher from the game scoring four runs in the fifth to take a 5 to 4 lead.  The Cougars immediately responded knotting the game 5-5 in the bottom of the frame.  Unfortunately, the Pirates could not score any runs in the final two innings to match the four spot put up by Cascade in the bottom of the sixth.  Julian Smith, Matt Dick, Ezra Lacina, and Ben Reoux collected Vashon's four hits.


Line score:  Cascade Christian   9 Runs 11 Hits 1 Error  Vashon 5 Runs 4 Hits 4 Errors.