The league portion of the Puget Sound Collegiate League schedule starts tonight with a doubleheader at the RAC. Now that most, if not all, players are with their teams after their school year ended, from here on out the games count in the standings toward the ultimate goal of winning the league championship.

Tonight, the Lacey Saints host the Tumwater Brewers in game one of the doubleheader starting at 5:00 PM. The Brewers went 4-2 in the opening portion of the season despite hitting just .159 as a team in those six games. Kegan Duz-Aguilar (Centralia College) has two saves for the Brew Crew to start the season. Meanwhile, the Saints were one game behind the Brewers in the standings despite hitting .318 as a team. Christian Perez (De Anza CC) is 7-for-14 (.500) in five games played and Devin Ferguson (Centralia College, North Thurston) is 7-for-15 (.466) with five RBI in four games played. Colin Nilson (PLU) got the win in two of the Saints three victories and has given up just one earned run in nine innings pitched. On opening day, the Brewers beat the Saints 4-3.

In game two, the Olympia Athletics face the Hawks Prairie Cardinals. The A’s went 4-2 to begin the season behind two outstanding pitching performances from Ryan Smith (Chemeketa CC, Black Hills). In the first game of the season, Smith gave up just one earned and struck out ten batters in seven innings in a 4-1 win over the West Olympia Linx. On June 6th, Smith went eight innings and gave up two earned with eight K’s in a 3-2 win over the Tumwater Brewers. On the other hand, the Cardinals were just 1-4 and after winning their opener 12-3, they were outscored 27-10 in the next four games. The A’s took the first meeting between the two teams, 7-4.