Unable to overcome six errors and six unearned runs, the Oak Harbor High School baseball team lost 11-2 to Marysville-Pilchuck in the final home game of the season.
The two teams complete the regular season at M-P at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 30.
The loss locked Oak Harbor in fifth place in the Wesco North and will require the Wildcats to win a play-in game to reach the eight-team, double-elimination district tournament.
Oak Harbor will most likely play at Ferndale at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 2, in the play-in game.
Marysville-Pilchuck 11, Oak Harbor 2
The Tomahawks scored in the top of the first inning on an error and single with two outs.
Oak Harbor got the run back in its half of the first. Austin Boesch singled then scored on an error during Noah Meffert’s bunt base hit.
Marysville-Pilchuck buried Oak Harbor with a six-run second with the help of three Wildcat errors.
The Wildcats scored their second run in the bottom of the second inning and then were blanked the rest of the way. Joseph Dixon singled and scored on Boesch’s double.
Boesch finished with three hits and Meffert two.
Taylor Rummel’s double and Dixon’s single were the only other Oak Harbor hits in the game.
Oak Harbor third baseman Taylor Rummel fires home in an attempt to cut down a run. (Photo by John Fisken)
Donny Kloewer attacks a pitch. (Photo by John Fisken)
Noah Meffert leads of first base as coach Ryan McCarthy looks on. (Photo by John Fisken)
Ethan Pace tosses a pitch in Monday’s game. (Photo by John Fisken)
Taylor Rummel tags a Marysville-Pilchuck base runner. (Photo by John Fisken)
