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Dominant pitching, timely hitting send Spartans to state title game

Dominant pitching, timely hitting send Spartans to state title game Bainbridge plays Anacortes in the championship The No. 2 seed Bainbridge Spartans (21-4) beat the No. 3 seed Selah Vikings (25-2) 2-0 in the semifinals of the 2A state baseball tournament May 30 at Joe Martin Field in Bellingham, thanks to a complete game shutout […]

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Dominant pitching, timely hitting send Spartans to state title game

Bainbridge plays Anacortes in the championship

The No. 2 seed Bainbridge Spartans (21-4) beat the No. 3 seed Selah Vikings (25-2) 2-0 in the semifinals of the 2A state baseball tournament May 30 at Joe Martin Field in Bellingham, thanks to a complete game shutout from junior McCrea Curfman and some timely hitting late in the game by junior Trey Thompson.

The Spartans will play No. 1 seed Anacortes May 31 at 7 p.m. in Bellingham for a chance to claim their first state baseball championship in school history.

Curfman got the start on the mound for Bainbridge against Selah, forcing three quick outs in the top of the first inning. The Spartan batters didn’t do much in the bottom of the first, keeping the game scoreless.

Curfman continued his strong performance on the mound in the second inning, forcing another three quick outs after letting up a single. The game remained scoreless through two innings.

Curfman kept up his strong pitching performance, forcing three consecutive outs in the top of the third and keeping the game locked at zero.

The Spartans got their first baserunners of the game in the bottom of the third with a single to left field from Dom D’Amico and a single to center field from Curfman. Nonetheless, the Bainbridge offense couldn’t get a baserunner home.

Spartans Duncan Bos and Rohrbacher got out in the bottom of the fourth, but Braden French was able to hit a line-drive single to left field. However, Thompson flew out to right field, ending the bottom half of the inning for the Spartans.

Curfman walked the first Selah batter of the sixth inning, the first time the Spartans did that all game. The Vikings followed that up with a single and Curfman later hit a batter with a pitch, loading the bases for Selah. But Curfman responded by getting Bainbridge out of the inning with a strikeout.

The Spartans scored the first and only runs of the game off a Thompson 2 RBI single to center field in the bottom of the sixth, giving Selah only one more opportunity to make a comeback.

Curfman forced three consecutive groundouts in the top of the seventh inning to secure the victory.





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