Long balls stop Coupeville 11-1

Archbishop Murphy High School made it three straight Cascade Conference victories over Coupeville on Friday, beating the Wolves 11-1 in a game called after five innings of play on the 10-run rule.

Archbishop Murphy High School made it three straight Cascade Conference victories over Coupeville on Friday, beating the Wolves 11-1 in a game called after five innings of play on the 10-run rule.

The Tigers scored five runs in the first inning and put the game away with six more runs in the top of the fifth.

Konrad Garbrick, Chris Peterson and Casey Robinette all stroked home runs off losing Coupeville pitcher J.D. Wilcox.

The Wolf Pack collected just three hits of Tiger starter Robinette, who struck out nine batters in five innings of work on the mound.

Coupeville remains winless on the season at 0-5.