Wolverines baseball shakes off slow start, beats Darrington to win tenth straight
Posted April 22, 2022 at 9:56 pm by Jeff Arnim
A two-run double by Camden Losey in the bottom of the fourth inning broke open an unexpectedly close game and helped give the Friday Harbor High School Wolverines the insurance runs they needed to put away the visiting Darrington High School Loggers by an 11-2 count on a sunny but cool Friday evening at Linde Community Fields.
Darrington entered the game winless, had been outscored 75-19 on the season, and fielded only one senior. But they managed to keep the Wolverines off the board until the bottom of the third, when Friday Harbor scored two runs without the benefit of a hit – one on a bases-loaded balk, the other on an error.
The Loggers responded with two runs of their own in the top of the fourth, including one on a double to left field that ended the day of starting pitcher Graham Learing, who struck out five and walked three. Darrington nearly took the lead after reliever Levi Buchanon surrendered a single to right field later in the inning, but an accurate throw from AJ Rude cut down a baserunner at home plate attempting to score from second.
Buchanon brought the game home for the Wolverines after Losey’s double put Friday Harbor up 5-2, shutting out Darrington in the final three innings with four strikeouts and no walks. He also had a strong day at the plate, going 2 for 4 with a pair of singles and reaching base on both a walk and an error.
Nathan Posenjak, Learing and Losey – Friday Harbor’s three-four-five hitters – led the way for the Wolverines on offense, combining to go 7 for 11 with two doubles.
The win is Friday Harbor’s tenth straight and moves the team to 11-1 on the season and 8-0 in Northwest 2B/1B League play. It keeps them a game ahead of the Coupeville Wolves, who knocked off Mount Vernon Christian in a 4-3 road win on Friday.
Friday Harbor takes on the Wolves on Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Coupeville.
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