BURLINGTON — The Olympic Crosscutters got off on the wrong foot at the American Legion AA State Baseball Tournament by dropping their first two pool play contests.
The Cutters fell 3-2 to Mount Spokane Sunday after falling 6-2 to the host Burlington Sox in their tournament opener Saturday night.
The Cutters will face Lake Stevens today at 9 a.m. in their final game at state and final game of the summer.
Trailing 2-0 against Mount Spokane, Olympic tied the score in the bottom of the fifth inning on Rwehabura Munyagi Jr.’s two-run triple to right field.
The line drive shot scored Matt Bainbridge, who led off the inning with a single, and Cole Dotson who reached base on an error.
Munyagi was then thrown out at home on a Joel Wood fielders choice.
A one-out double by Lane Dotson followed by a walk to Logan Shaw gave the Cutters runners at first and second in the sixth, but a strikeout by Matt Bainbridge and a line out by James Thayer ended the Cutters’ last true scoring threat.
Fall to the Sox
The Cutters managed five hits, a walk and a hit batter against Sox pitcher
Preston Hanson.
Hanson struck out six on his way to a complete-game victory.
Burlington plated one run in the first when Tyler Henry singled home Tyson Ross who had reached on a double.
Olympic tied the game in the bottom of the second when Lane Dotson trotted home after Hanson was called for a balk.
The Sox took control with a four-run third inning highlighted by a two-run triple to the fence in right-center field by Max Thurmond.
The Cutters added another run to trail 5-2 in the sixth when Dotson’s single scored Justin Porter. Porter had reached base on a single and advanced on a passed ball.
But Olympic could pull no closer.
Mount Spokane 3, Crosscutters 2
Mount Spokane 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 — 3 10 1
Crosscutters 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 — 2 6 0
WP- Fleshland; LP- Sparks
Pitching Statistics
Mount Spokane: McKinnis 5 1/3 IP, 6 H, 2 R, ER, 3 BB, 10 K; Fleshland 1 2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 K.
Crosscutters: Thayer 1 2/3 IP, H, R, 2 BB; L. Dotson 4 1/3 IP, 8 H, ER, BB, 2 K; Sparks 1/3 IP, H; Bradow 2/3 IP, K.
Hitting Statistics
Mount Spokane: Hansen 2-3, BB, R, 3 RBI; Ross 2-4, 2B, 2 R; Thurmond 1-3, 3B, 2 RBI
Crosscutters: L. Dotson 2-4, 2 2B; Wood 2-4; Munyagi 1-3, 2 RBI; Bainbridge 1-3, R.
Burlington 6, Crosscutters 2
Burlington 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 — 6 7 0
Crosscutters 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 — 2 5 0
WP- Hanson; LP- C. Dotson
Pitching Statistics
Burlington: Hanson 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, ER, BB, 6 K.
Crosscutters: C. Dotson 7 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K.
Hitting Statistics
Burlington: Hansen 2-3, BB, R, 3 RBI; Ross 2-4, 2B, 2 R; Thurmond 1-3, 3B, 2 RBI
Crosscutters: L. Dotson 2-3, 2B, R, RBI; Porter 2-3, R; Thayer 1-3.
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Compiled using team reports.