Baseball update

It was a busy, but overall successful week on the diamond for the Oak Harbor baseball teams.

Last week the JV team played against Everett, Stanwood and Everett again, winning one of the games.

vs Everett, Jack Richter hit a solo home run and Grant Schroeder had a single RBI, but it wasn't enough at the Wildcats lost that game 19-2.

The boys beat Stanwood 14-4, with Peter Franssen going 1-1 with a home run and reached base 3 times (walked and hit by pitch).

Gabe Clark was 2-3 with a three-run triple.
Jack Richter was 2-4 with two singles.  He also struck out 6, allowed 4 runs, and got the win.
Dimitri Munoz struck out 3 of the four hitters he faced in the top of the 6th.

The rematch against Everett was better, but not good enough as the JV team lost 9-4
Andrew Snavely was 2-4 with two singles.
Peter Franssen was also 2-4 with a run scored.
Of the second Everett game, Coach Day said "
Our pitchers struggled to throw strikes, walking 3 and allowing 10 hits.

In varsity action:

The week started with a makeup of a rain-delayed game against Everett, and after a slow start, the OH bats came alive in the 5th inning when the Wildcats scored 3 runs and put the game away with 6 more in the final inning.  Even with all the scoring, only senior Nate Young had more than one hit, going 2-4 and scoring twice.

On Wednesday the 7th, OH was able to sneak by Stanwood 5-4.  The Cats were down 1-0 going into the 6th inning then were able to score all 5 runs - on just one hit.  Stanwood hit two OH batters and walked two more.  A bad throw by a fielder and a wild pitch allowed the Wildcat runs to score.  The 5 runs were just enough as Stanwood scored 2 in the bottom of the inning and scored one more in the 7th before the rally was stopped.  Jay Stout pitched 5 2/3 innings, striking out 5 batters and giving up 3 hits.

On Thursday the team was back in action with the 2nd game against Everett.  While OH again seemed to have little problems getting runs across the plate, this time Everett showed some offense as well.  OH scored 3 in the 1st inning and another in the 2nd but Everett scored 5 of their own in the 2nd to take the lead.  OH regained the lead and led 13-7 going into the bottom of the final inning.  Everett scored 4 runs and had the tying run on base before OH reliever Ryan Byrne came in to earn his 4th save of the season.  Kian Mebane, Wade Burns and Sam Wolfe all got 2 hits each in the game.

Hoping to complete a sweep of the week's games, the Wildcats hosted Stanwood on a sunny Friday afternoon.  OH scored in the first inning and added three more in the 2nd and 3rd to take a 4-2 lead.  The Wildcats continued to score until the 6th inning when Brad Farnum hit a double to score Sam Glavin and Yale Rosen, ending the game under the 10-run rule.

The 4-game winning streak by the varsity team moved them from last place in the WESCO North into 3rd place and into the playoff hunt.

40 photos from Friday's varsity game vs Stanwood are posted HERE.