South Whidbey clubs Concrete / Baseball

Published 1:30 am Tuesday, April 24, 2018

After winning only three of 12 games to start the season, the South Whidbey High School baseball team picked up its fourth consecutive win by defeating visiting Concrete 10-7 in a non-league game Monday, April 23.

The Falcons (4-8, 7-9) will try to move up the league standings as they close out the regular season with four Cascade Conference games. The first is a home game with Sultan at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 25.

South Whidbey 10, Concrete 7

The first four Falcon hitters reached base in the first inning, the first two scored and South Whidbey never trailed.

Alex Black started the contest with a single and Nick Young walked. Both scored on errors.

South Whidbey made it 7-0 with five runs in the second inning. Singles by Luke Rookstool, Black, Brent Batchelor and Ethan Petty mixed with two hit batters, Kody Newman and Drew Fry, produced the five-spot.

After the Lions scored twice in the top of the third, the Falcons countered with a run in the bottom half on singles by Taylor Brown and Young.

Concrete scored three in the fourth to cut the gap to 8-5.

In the fifth, singles by Hunter Bova and Kade Petty made it 9-5.

The Lions scored twice in the sixth, then South Whidbey finished the scoring with a run in its half on a double by Newman, an error and Fry’s base hit.

Nine Falcons finished with a hit in the game, eight coming from starters.