ANACORTES — The Wilder Senior Baseball Club came back from a 5-0 first-inning deficit againt Anacortes, but its rally fell short in a 6-4 loss to Anacortes on Friday.
After starter Kaleb Mullen struggled with his control in the first inning, Brian Guttormsen came in to the game in the first inning and pitched outstanding. Guttormsen ended up going 5⅓ innings, allowing four hits and an earned run while striking out four.
While Guttormsen shut down Anacortes, Wilder Senior rallied with three runs in the third and another run in the top of the seventh on an RBI double by Ezra Townsend. With a Wilder Sr. runner on third base and one out, Anacortes was able to end the game with a pair of strikeouts.
Elijah Flodstrom had a hit, two RBIs and a stolen base, while Alex Angevine, Tate Alton, Rylen Politika and Blake Sohlberg all had hits. Politika, who moved up from the Wilder Junior team where he was batting .417 with seven extra-base hits, also had an RBI.
Wilder Senior (7-9) had games scheduled this weekend in Mount Vernon against opponents to be determined, then the team returns to Port Angeles on Thursday to play in the Dick Brown Firecracker tournament at Civic Field and Volunteer Field. Wilder Senior begins by playing the Shoreline Royals 18U team at 7 p.m Thursday at Civic Field.
Anacortes 6, Wilder Senior 4
WSr. 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 — 4 6 1
Ana. 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 x — 6 4 2
Pitching
Wilder Sr. — Mullen 0.2 IP 5 ER, K; Guttormsen 5.1 IP, 4 H, ER, 4 K.
Hitting
Wilder Sr. — Townsend 1-1, 2B, RBI; Flodstrom 1-2, 2 RBI, SB; Politika 1-3, RBI; Sohlberg 1-3, HBP.
Wilder Jr., Wilder A
Wilder Junior and Wilder A had rough games Friday and Saturday, going a combined 0-3 so far this weekend.
Wilder Jr. lost 8-0 to Chehalis on Friday, managing just one hit. They lost 7-0 the River City A’s in another one-hitter. Both games were played in Selah.
Landen Olson had Wilder Jr.’s hit against Chehalis and Ethan Staples had a hit against River City.
Meanwhile, Wilder A lost 11-5 to the Yakima Valley Peppers, also in Selah. Easton Fisher was 2-for-2, while Andre Campbell had a hit a run scored and an RBI. Owen Leitz had a hit and an RBI.
Wilder Jr. (7-6) plays Whatcom Post No. 7 in Selah at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, while Wilder A (4-2) is playing games Saturday and Sunday in Selah against opponents to be determined.
