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Today (6/27): Doubleheader wraps up PSCL first half
The first half of the Puget Sound Collegiate League wraps up today with a doubleheader between the Lacey Saints and Nisqually Silvers. It’s a match-up between first place and the cellar, the Saints are 5-1 in league play this season while the Silvers just picked up their first regular season win on Monday when they broke a 3-3 tie by scoring 12 runs in the eighth inning. First pitch today at the RAC is at 5:00 PM.
Following today’s games, the PSCL takes a break for the weekend and sends their all-star traveling team, the Thurston County Senators, to the Canada Weekend Baseball Blast hosted by the Kelowna Jays. The Senators kick off the tournament tomorrow at 5:00 PM against the Okanogan A’s. The PSCL returns to action on Monday, July 2nd.
Tuesday scoreboard: Saints, Brewers win
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Lacey Saints 2, West Olympia Linx 1
Tumwater Brewers 5, Olympia Athletics 4
Today (6/26): Linx/Saints, Brewers/A’s
Just two more days of PSCL baseball until the league takes a short break over the weekend. Two games are on the schedule tonight at the RAC with the West Olympia Linx facing the Lacey Saints and the Tumwater Brewers taking on the Olympia Athletics.
Game one features the 5- and first place Saints against the second place Linx, who are a game and a half behind. Quinn Hartman (Green River CC) leads the Saints with a .473 batting average (9-for-19) while Devin Ferguson (Centralia College, North Thurston HS) is hitting .312 (10-for-32) with one home run and 10 RBI. Meanwhile, Chris Womac (Green River CC, Olympia HS) leads the Linx hitting .451 (14-for-31) with ten runs scored. The Linx lead the league in homers with three on the season. Sam Williams (Lower Columbia CC), Chase Myers (Skagit Valley College) and Kyle Leady (Lower Columbia CC) have each hit one out. First pitch is scheduled for 5:00 PM.
In game two, the 3-4 Brewers face the 4-3 A’s. The starting pitching for the Brewers has been solid all season. Michael Calderon (Bellevue University) is 2-1 and has given up just three earned runs in three appearances and Patrick Fabrizio (Shelton HS) is 1-1 and has given up just two earned in four games. The A’s also have had strong pitching, especially from Ryan Smith (Chemeketa CC, Black Hills HS). Smith is 3-0 and has allowed just four earned in four appearances and has struck out 24 batters in 24 innings. First pitch for game two is set for 7:30.
Monday scoreboard: Silvers go crazy for first league win
Puget sound Collegiate League baseball
Hawks Prairie Cardinals 4, Nisqually Silvers 1
Nisqually Silvers 15, Hawks Prairie Cardinals 3
The Nisqually Silvers, 0-5 in the regular season, held the Hawks Prairie Cardinals offense in check in game one of their doubleheader on Monday night at the RAC. Down 2-0 through five innings, the Silvers’ Kyle Ginter (Colorado State-Pueblo) singled and drove in Ryan Taylor (Olympic College) to cut the Cardinals lead to just one. But the Cards extended their lead by scoring two runs in the sixth and Eli Fulton (Clark College, Capital HS) got the final three outs to pick up the save and give the Silvers their sixth straight loss. Shimpie Sato (Skagit Valley College) pitched 5 2/3 innings and gave up one earned run on six hits to get the win and Chandler Tracy (Saint Martin’s) went 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Cardinals.
In game two, the Silvers gave up a run in the first and two more runs in the third inning and hopes for breaking their losing streak looked bleak. But in the fifth inning, the Silvers showed some life when they scored a run on a Brad Fairweather (University of Hawaii-Hilo) ground out. In the seventh, on the verge of losing their seventh straight game, Tanner Romo (Everett CC) was hit by a pitch, Jordan Falcon (New Mexico Highlands U) doubled moving Romo to third, and Romo scored and Falcon moved to third on a passed ball and the Cardinal lead was cut to 3-2. Fairweather then drove in his second run on a ground out and tied the game at 3-3.
Then, the unexpected happened. The Silvers sent 18 batters to the plate in the eighth inning and scored 12 runs on seven hits, six walks, and three errors. In the eighth alone, both Brandon Evans (Colorado State-Pueblo) and Cory Bassi (Saint Martin’s) had two hits with two RBI and two runs scored. Both Evans and Bassi went 3-for-5 overall and Falcon went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI. The Cardinals used five pitchers in the long eighth inning.
Ian Buckles (George Fox) gave up three earned runs over seven innings to pick up the win for the Silvers and, with the pressure off, Andrei Jankanish (Saint Martin’s) pitched a scoreless bottom of the eighth to secure the Silvers’ first win of the regular season.
Today (6/25): Silvers, Cardinals doubleheader
The Nisqually Silvers get two chances tonight to get off the schneid in the PSCL’s league play when they face off with the Hawks Prairie Cardinals at 5:00 PM at the RAC. The Silvers are 0-5 in league and 1-9 overall and are coming off a 7-5 loss in ten innings to the West Olympia Linx on Saturday. Jordan Falcon (New Mexico Highlands U) is 7-for-19 (.368) on the season to lead the Silvers.
Meanwhile, the Hawks Prairie Cardinals come into the game at 3-3 in league play after taking two of three games from the Tumwater Brewers last week. Daniel Flahie (Grays Harbor CC) comes into the game hitting .400 (8-for-20) with six RBI and Conor Cook is batting .375 (9-for 24).
The Cardinals won the first and only meeting between the two teams on the PSCL’s opening day, 12-3.
Sunday scoreboard: Rollers work Wave; Pearson saves Saints, Brewers eek past A’s
Roller Derby
Oly Rollers 314, Dockyard Derby Dames Wave of Mutilation 62
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Lacey Saints 4, West Olympia Linx 3
Tumwater Brewers 4, Olympia Athletics 3
Bo Pearson’s (PLU) double with two outs and two on in the bottom of the ninth inning plated both Dusty Kerns (Bellevue University) and Eric O’Bryan (Centralia College, Olympia HS) to give the Lacey Saints the 4-3 comeback victory over the West Olympia Linx in game one at the RAC. The Linx had taken the 3-2 lead just an inning earlier when Sam Williams (Lower Columbia CC) drove in two runs of his own with a two out double.
Pearson went 2-for-5 with three RBI on the day and Devin Ferguson (Centralia College, North Thurston HS) hit a solo homerun to lead off the third inning for the Saints. Chase Wasson (Centralia College, Timberline HS) got the win while Micah Donor (George Fox) got the loss for the Linx.
In game two, Jace Feldmeier (Olympic College, Tumwater HS) went 2-for-3 and drove in a run and Naoki Imoto (Olympic College) went 1-for-2 and scored a run to lead the Tumwater Brewers to a 4-3 win over the Olympia Athletics despite just four hits for the team. Michael Calderon (Bellevue University) gave up two earned runs in five innings to pick up the win for the Brewers.
Drew Fosnes (Green River CC) went 1-for-2 with a triple, two RBI and a stolen base for the A’s.
Today (6/24): A soggy PSCL doubleheader
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
West Olympia Linx @ Lacey Saints – noon – The RAC
Tumwater Brewers @ Olympia Athletics – 2:30 PM – The RAC
Saturday scoreboard: Cosas Roll; Reign win in Orlando; Linx win in 10, Cards beat Brewers; Sparks humiliated
Roller Derby
Oly Rollers Cosa Nostra Donnas 226, Naptown Roller Girls Tornado Sirens 66
International Basketball League
Olympia Reign 130, Orlando Venom 119
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
West Olympia Linx 7, Nisqually Silvers 5 – 10 innings
Hawks Prairie Cardinals 7, Tumwater Brewers 5
Lacey Saints vs. Nisqually Silvers – Rained out
Pacific Northwest Tecmo Championships
Brandon Sparks: 0-5 – Bumped from the tourney too easily
Today (6/23): Tecmo, derby definitely; Baseball, racing doubtful
In personal 10 year-old me excitement level at an all time high news, The Brick on Trosper is hosting the inaugural Pacific Northwest Tecmo Chamionships and I will be representing Oly Sports hard. Tecmo Bowl and Tecmo Super Bowl were always my favorite video games growing up, even when the technology got better and better. So there is no way that I can pass up playing a Tecmo Super Bowl tournament. I was so obsessed with the original Tecmo Bowl that I actually kept a notebook that tracked the statistics for all of my games. When Tecmo Super Bowl was released and kept the stats for you, I didn’t have to keep that notebook anymore, but I was still obsessed.
The tournament gets underway with pool play at noon that determines the seeding for the double elimination tournament that will crown a champion. You can still register for the tournament at The Brick on Trosper and the buy-in is $20. For more information, visit PNWTecmo.com.
Following my triumphant victory at the Tecmo tournament, head on over to Skateland! (I have decided I will always refer to Skateland! as Skateland! with an exclamation point from here on out on this blog) for the Oly Rollers derby doubleheader.
The warmup bout pits the fresh meat Bella Donnas against the JBLM Bettie Brigade. Then, the big league Cosa Nostra Donnas face off against The Naptown Roller Girls’ Tornado Sirens who have traveled all the way from Indianapolis for three games over the weekend. Naptown, the #18 ranked squad by Derbytron and #15 ranked by Derby News Network, plays Jet City in the morning, Oly Rollers at night and Rat City on Sunday. Meanwhile, the Oly Rollers are currently ranked #1 by Derbytron but just 12th by Derby News Network ad will be well rested and ready to rumble the road weary Sirens.
Tickets for all this great derby action can be purchased at the Skateland! door for $15 and wheels hit the floor at 6:00 PM.
The Puget Sound Collegiate League season continues with three games on Saturday at the RAC, weather permitting. Game one features a match-up between the league leaders, the 4-1 Lacey Saints, and the league cellar dwellers, the 0-4 Nisqually Silvers. First pitch is at noon. Game one has been rained out. The Silvers play their second game of the day at 2:30 PM against the 3-2 West Olympia Linx. And in game three, the the Tumwater Brewers and Hawks Prairie Cardinals square off looking to break their tie four fourth place. First pitch is scheduled for 5:00 PM.
And finally, it will take a weather miracle for racing at South Sound Speedway to get the go ahead. But if there is a miracle, racing starts at 6:30 PM. Racing is cancelled today.
Thursday scoreboard: Brewers, Saints, A’s 18, Cards, Silvers, Linx 1
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Tumwater Brewers 6, Hawks Prairie Cardinals 0
Lacey Saints 6, Nisqually Silvers 0
Olympia Athletics 6, West Olympia Linx 1
Patrick Fabrizio (Shelton HS) gave up just three hits in five shutout innings and Kyle Holtman (St. Claire County CC) and Takashi Yamada (Olympic CC) each had two hits to lead the Tumwater Brewers to a 6-0 win over the Hawks Prairie Cardinals.
The Brewers scored five runs in the first two innings and never looked back. Five different Brewers drove in runs in the win including Jace Feldmeier (Olympic CC, Tumwater) who also scored a run and stole two bases. David Gorman (Johns Hopkins U) and Bradley Beardan (Chemeketa CC, Shelton HS) each pitched two scoreless innings to preserve the win for Fabrizio.
Cody Evans (Oregon Tech, Yelm HS) had two of the Cardinals’ three hits in the loss.
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Lacey Saints starter Alexander Lee (Skagit Valley CC) and three other pitchers combined for a one hit shutout in a 6-0 defeat of the Nisqually Silvers. Lee pitched six no hit innings and struck out six while walking just one Silvers batter. Matt Bareiter (Centralia CC) relieved Lee and gave up the lone hit to the Silvers’ Kyle Ginter (Colorado State-Pueblo) after recording the first two outs in the seventh inning. Jacob Landeis (Green River CC) and Josh Moss (St. Martin’s, Rochester HS) each pitched 1-2-3 innings in the eighth and ninth innings and in total, the four Saints pitchers faced 30 batters, just three over the minimum in a nine inning game.
Dusty Kerns (Bellevue University) went 3-for-5 with two RBI and Mark Klick (Green River CC) drove in two more runs to lead the Saints offense. Eric O’Bryan (Centralia CC, Olympia HS) went 1-for-3 with two walks, two runs scored and a stolen base from the Saints’ leadoff spot.
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In a day of solid pitching performances, Ryan Smith (Chemeketa CC, Black Hills) wouldn’t be outdone in the nightcap for the Olympia Athletics. Smith pitched seven innings and gave up just one earned run on five hits A’s in their 6-1 win over the West Olympia Linx.
The A’s drew first blood in the second inning when Drew Fosnes (Green River CC) was hit bay a pitch, advanced to second on a wild pitch, stole third base and scored on an error. Bret Bitow (Saint Martin’s) drove in what turned out to be the winning run in the third inning to take a 2-0 lead. The Linx cut the lead to one run in the sixth when Skyler Wheeler (Grays Harbor CC) doubled in Chris Womac (Green River CC, Olympia HS) but the A’s answered back with a run in the seventh and three more in the eighth to seal the win.
Womac went 2-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base for the Linx who lost their second game in a row following a seven game win streak.
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