A couple of clutch base hits, several Everett errors and a strong start by Avery Aguirre helped the Oak Harbor High School baseball team win 5-3 at Everett Friday, April 10.

The win gave the Wildcats a 2-1 edge in the series with the Seagulls and set up a showdown this week with Marysville-Pilchuck. M-P leads the Wesco 3A North with a 4-0 record (7-2 overall), one game up on Oak Harbor (3-1, 5-3).

The Tomahawks and Wildcats meet three times this week at 4 p.m., playing in Oak Harbor Tuesday and Friday and in Marysville on Wednesday.

Aguirre opened the game with a strikeout, then gave up a run with a walk and two singles. From that point, he retired 15 straight batters.

The Seagulls started the sixth inning with three consecutive hits, and two of the batters scored with the help of two errors and a wild pitch. Now leading 5-3, Aguirre gave way to Tyler Snavely, who earned the save while stranding two in scoring position in the sixth and two more runners in the seventh.

Everett’s first-inning run held up until the fourth inning. Oak Harbor tied it when Snavely reached on an error, stole second and scored on another Everett miscue.

Oak Harbor took the lead in the fifth. With two outs, Kevyn Johnson singled, stole second and scored on Trent Benson’s single.

Oak Harbor tacked on three more runs in the sixth. Snavely and C.J. Meders began the inning with singles, then with one out, pinch-hitter Robert Herring ripped a two-run double to give Oak Harbor a 4-1 lead. Herring made it 5-1 when he scored on an error.

Chris Trisler, who singled in the third inning, was the only other Wildcat to get a base hit.