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Puget Sound Collegiate League leaders: Pitching
Earlier we took a look at the hitting leaders through all but the last week of the regular season of the Puget Sound Collegiate League. Now we take a look at the pitching leaders.
Without question, the top pitcher in the league this season has been Black Hills High School alum Ryan Smith. The current Chemeketa College pitcher leads the league in innings pitched (45), wins (5), strkeouts (41) and is first among starters in earned run average (1.33) and WHIP (0.76) for the Olympia Athletics.
Kegan Duz-Aguilar has been solid in relief for the Tumwater Brewers leading the league in both ERA (0.66) and WHIP (.053). The Centralia College pitcher has two saves on the season. Capital High School product Eli Fulton leads the league with four saves.
Puget Sound Collegiate League leaders: Hitting
The Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball season is coming down to the wire with just three regular season games left. So let’s take a look at the league leaders. First, the hitters.
The most impressive line this season belongs to Olympia High School and Green River Community College’s Chris Womac of the West Olympia Linx. Womac is tied for third with 24 hits and third in singles with 20, second in walks with 19 and leads the league in on base percentage (.536), OPS (1.031) and batting average (.387). He also leads the league with 14 stolen bases and is tied for first with 17 runs scored.
Saint martin’s Chandler Tracy is continuing his outstanding end to the Saints season in the PSCL. Tracy, a member of the Hawks Prairie Cardinals, is tied for third in hits (24), second in triples (3), first in RBI (16), third in runs scored, fifth in OBP (.427), first in slugging (.536) second in OPS (.963) and second in batting average (.348).
And it’s hard to look past the seasons of Kyle Thomson, Devin Ferguson, Naoki Imoto and may others.
Tomorrow, we’ll look at the pitching leaders…
Thursday scoreboard: Saints hold on and extend league lead
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Lacey Saints 10, Nisqually Silvers 9
After opening up a seven run lead in the first two innings, the Lacey Saints found themselves up 10-5 going into the bottom of the eighth (note: the game went just eight innings). A one out, two run double by Spencer Manjarrez (Oregon State) brought the Nisqually Silvers to within one, 10-9, with men on second and third base. But Derek Voigt (Peru State) struck out the next two batters to secure the win and push the Saints to one full game ahead of the Olympia Athletics for first place in the PSCL.
The Saints opened the game by loading the bases and quickly scored two runs on consecutive fielder’s choices by Devon Ferguson (Centralia College, North Thurston HS) and Dusty Kerns (Bellevue University). In the second inning, the wheels came off the bus for the Silvers and the Saints sent ten batters to the plate and scored five runs on just one hit to take a 7-0 lead.
The Silvers got two runs back in the fourth inning and Zac Smit (Grand View University) drove in one run with a single and Tyler Lundgren (Centralia College) drove in two more in the bottom of the seventh inning to cut the lead to just two runs going into the eighth.
In the eighth, the Silvers got the first two outs easily but issued a walk to Tyler Zwosta (Centralia College) and a single to Mario Sanelli (Saint Martin’s). Ferguson then capped off a 3-for-5, four RBI night with a three run home run that ran the Saints lead back to five runs, 10-5, and proved to be the game winning runs.
Zwosta, Sanelli and Ferguson each scored two runs for the Saints while Kerns had two hits, one run and an RBI. Jacob Landeis (Green River CC) got the win and Voigt picked up the save.
Manjarrez led the Silvers by going 3-for-5 with a run scored and two RBI and Smit and Lundgren each drove in two runs. Ryan Taylor (Olympic College) and Josh DeVaughn (Olympic College) each scored twice in the one run loss.
With just three regular season games left, the Saints drove their record to 12-6, one game ahead of the Olympia A’s and two games ahead of the Hawks Prairie Cardinals and West Olympia Linx. The top two teams get a first round bye in the PSCL tournament next weekend. The Silvers dropped to 4-14 and have now lost seven straight games.
Today (7/19): Saints vs. Silvers
The first place Lacey Saints take on the last place Nisqually Silvers tonight in a Puget Sound Collegiate League makeup game. The Saints are 11-6 in the league portion of play and sit just a half game ahead of the Olympia Athletics. The A’s swept the Tumwater Brewers this week to put themselves into second place with a chance to be tied for first going into the last week of play.
First pitch tonight is scheduled for 5:00 PM.
Wednesday scoreboard: Saints extend lead on Cards, A’s keep pace
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
West Olympia Linx 3, Tumwater Brewers 2
Lacey Saints 3, Hawks Prairie Cardinals 1
Olympia A’s 6, Nisqually Silvers 5
PSCL wraps up weekday series
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Lacey Saints @ Hawks Prairie Cardinals – Saint Martin’s – 5:00 PM
West Olympia Linx @ Tumwater Brewers – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Nisqually Silvers @ Olympia A’s – The RAC – 7:30 PM
Tuesday scoreboard: Cardinals, A’s cut Saints lead to half a game
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Hawks Prairie Cardinals 6, Lacey Saints 2
Olympia Athletics 3, Nisqually Silvers 2
Tumwater Brewers 4, West Olympia Linx 3
Chris McElderry’s (Oklahoma Wesleyan, Yelm HS) two run single and Chandler Tracy’s (Saint Martin’s) two run home run in a five run seventh inning busted the game wide open as the Hawks Prairie Cardinals won their second straight over the first place Lacey Saints, 6-2. McElderry went 3-for-3 and scored two runs along with his two RBI. Cody Evans (Oregon Tech, Yelm HS) had two hits and Connor Huesers (Wenatchee Valley CC) and Conor Cook (Central Washington) each drove in a run for the Cardinals. Shimpie Sato (Skagit Valley College) pitched seven scoreless innings to pick up the win. The Cardinals are now 10-7 in league play while the Saints drop to 10-6 and own just a half game lead over both the Cardinals and Olympia Athletics.
Nikko Saenz (St. Mary’s) went 3-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI and Bret Grey (Central Washington) and Riley Shintaffer (Centralia College) each had two hits to lead the Olympia Athletics to a 3-2 win over the Nisqually Silvers. Two two teams were tied 1-1 going into the bottom of the seventh when Saenz scored on a wild pitch and Grey drove in Bret Bitow (Saint Martin’s) for the eventual game winning run. Roderick Fields (Green River CC) gave up just one earned run on four hits over seven innings to get the win while Bitow struck out the side in a scoreless ninth to get the save. Brandon Evans (Colorado State-Pueblo), Jordan Falcon (New Mexico Highlands) and Spender Dodd (Saint Martin’s) had six of the Silvers’ seven hits. The win runs the A’s record to 10-7, just a half game behind the Saints.
Today (7/17): All six PSCL teams in action
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Nisqually Silvers @ Olympia Athletics – Saint Martin’s – 5:00 PM
Hawks Prairie Cardinals @ Lacey Saints – The RAC – 5:00 PM
West Olympia Linx @ Tumwater Brewers – The RAC – 7:30 PM
Monday scoreboard: A’s, Linx, Cardinals
Olympia Athletics 4, Nisqually Silvers 3
West Olympia Linx 6, Tumwater Brewers 4
Hawks Prairie Cardinals 3, Lacey Saints 2
Today (7/16): PSCL homestretch begins
The end of the Puget Sound Collegiate League is near and the homestretch kicks off this evening with three games featuring all six teams. As the season comes down to it’s last two weeks, the standings look like this…
- Lacey Saints – 10-4
- Hawks Prairie Cardinals – 8-7
- West Olympia Linx – 8-8
- Olympia Athletics – 7-8
- Tumwater Brewers – 7-8
- Nisqually Silvers – 4-10
Today begins with the West Olympia Linx facing the Tumwater Brewers at Saint Martin’s and the Nisqually Silvers taking on the Olympia Athletics at The RAC. Both games get started at 5:00 PM. In the nightcap, the the Hawks Prairie Cardinals look to close the gap on the Lacey Saints. First pitch is at 7:30.
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