A five-run first inning jump-started visiting Marysville-Pilchuck to a 12-2 win in six innings over the Oak Harbor High School softball team Monday, April 6.

The Tomahawks (3-1, 4-3) used an error, two walks and six hits to get off to the strong start, then added two runs in the second inning, one in the fifth and three in the sixth cruise to the win.

“We weren’t ready to go in the first,” Oak Harbor coach Todd Showalter said.

He noted that some of M-P’s early hits should have been outs: “They were in the infamous category of ‘plays not made.'”

Both of Oak Harbor’s runs came in the fourth inning.

A walk to Kelly Findley and singles by Alexa Findley and Tricia Sarns loaded the bases. A walk to Kat Martinez forced in one run, then the second scored on Sydney White’s groundout.

Liz Adams and Sam Payne also recorded hits in the game for the Wildcats.

Marysville-Pilchuck pitcher McKenzie Justice threw a four-hitter with seven strikeouts.

Oak Harbor (0-4, 0-6) goes to Marysville Getchell (0-4, 1-5) at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, and then returns home to face Shorewood (0-5, 2-5) at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 14.

(Kat Martinez fires a pitch against Marysville-Pilchuck Monday. Photo by John Fisken.)