The PIL’s Bats are Hot!

     (June 26, 2006) On Wednesday evening The Skagit Eagles beat the Langely Blaze 5 to 1 in front of an enthusiastic crowd of campers who attended The Skagit Valley Community College Baseball coaches’ annual summer baseball camp this week. Pitchers, Justin Garcia, Sean Sargent, Steve Hupper, and Keith Noe all contributed to the win, holding Langley to just one run. Brad Carlson, going 3 for 4, and Tyson Jaquez who going 2 for 3 with 2 RBI led the Eagle offense. 

     That same night the Seaside Wildcats pounced on the Pacific Javelinas, crushing them 13-3.  Adam White’s 2-run home run and Rob Lloyd’s 4 for 5 performance with 3 singles and solo homerun sealed the deal on the win.

      Pacific bounced back from the loss by defeating the Portland Titans 11 to 5 on Thursday night. The Javs broke open a 5-5 tie in the 9th inning by a go ahead RBI single by Mike McNally and later a pinch hit double that scored 2 by Justus Kimbrough. Bryan Goff pitched a complete 9-inning game to pick up the win.

     The Skagit Eagles dropped a hard fought game in 11 innings on Friday to Seaside. The winning run reached third on a throwing error back to the pitcher in the 11^th inning and two batters later, a game winning single ended the matchup. 

     The Javelinas picked up two wins at Everett on Saturday.  In Game 1 Chris Baker threw a complete 7 innings with 7 Strikeouts and allowing only 2 walks.  Offensive support came with a 2^nd inning Home Run by Jake Evans and a 2-run single by James Mannion in the 7th.  In Game 2 Carey Crain grabbed the win and Hap Paurden got the save. The Javs bats were scorching as Joel Johnson hit a Homerun and 2 singles, Zack Parnell, a double, triple, and 2 RBI, and Blake Mounce had 3 singles for 3 runs, an RBI, and 3 stolen bases.

     The Eagles split games with Seaside on Saturday. In Game 1, Zach Adam hit a 3 run home-run in the top of the 7th to give Skagit the lead and eventual win. In Game 2, some timely hitting and 3 home-runs gave Seaside game two 15-4.

     The Eagles then traveled to Portland to face the Javelinas on Sunday and picked up two wins; 10-4 and 15-2. In Game 1, Steve Hupper threw a complete game and Zach Adam hit another 3 run homer in the seventh to put the game out of reach for the Javelinas. The Javs’ Designated Hitter, Marcos Quintero was 3 for 4 with 3 singles and a walk.  Zach Adam hit another homerun in game 2 along with Jon Buettner.  Javelinas’ Joel Johnson hit a solo HR in the bottom of the 4th. Logan McDonald drove in the only other Jav run that day.

     The Seattle Studs were stellar this week, beating the Tacoma Cardinals on Tuesday night 8 to 3, and going 3-3 this weekend, beating the Portland Titans 4 to 2,  9 to 5 and 5 to 4.