Pe Ell-Willapa Valley extended its winning streak to four with a doubleheader sweep of Raymond-South Bend Tuesday in Raymond. The Titans (4-1) used a mix of incendiary hitting and stifling pitching to suffocate the Ravens, winning by a combined score of 35-1 in the two matches.
“We’ve been hitting the ball well all season but tonight we exploded,” PWV coach Kelly Barnum said. “One through nine hit the ball, the subs hit the ball, everyone hit the ball.”
In game one, PWV used a 12-run third inning to vault to a 17-0 shutout victory. Hudson Barnum was 3-for-4 at the plate and Jackson Lusk and Garrett Keeton each added two. Joey McCalden and Riley Pearson each drove in three runs and Kaden Ritzman (an all-area football player) finished with two RBIs.
Three PWV pitchers combined to one-hit the Ravens, led by Keeton, who struck out four batters in two innings on the mound. Riley Pearson and lefty freshman Aiden Young also saw mound time.
“They never really threatened us,” Barnum said. “It was nice to get our young pitchers in the game.
In game two, Gavin Hampton tossed a four-strikeout no-hitter in four innings as PWV came away with an 18-1 victory. Keeton led the attack offensively, driving in three runs on two hits while Barnum and Jackson Lusk each added two hits. Blake Howard crushed a solo home run and Lusk and Ritzman each drove in two runs.
“It was a towering shot,” Barnum said. “It was a bomb. That got everybody jacked.”
PWV (4-1) heads to Mossyrock for a non-league match on Friday.
Onalaska couldn’t get the bats going as the Loggers were no-hit by Toutle Lake’s dynamic duo of Jackson Cox and Zach Swanson in a 13-0 defeat in five innings at home on Tuesday.
Cox fanned 10 Loggers in four innings and Swanson struckout the side in the bottom of the fifth as the undefeated Ducks (7-0) handed the Loggers (2-4) their third loss in four games. Lethon Fitch had five strikeouts for Onalaska in four innings on the mound. Domanic Serl also pitched for Ony.
“They are the real deal,” Loggers coach Rocky Stanley said of both the Ducks hurlers and the larger team. “That’s a dang good baseball team. It’s the best Central 2B team I’ve seen in six years here. It’s no fun to lose, but sometimes you’ve got to face facts.”
Onalaska will look to turn things around when it travels to winless Stevenson (0-4) for a 4 p.m. matchup on Monday.
