Anacortes’ Brooke Writer pitched a one-hit shutout to lead the Seahawks’ softball team to an 11-0 win in five innings over visiting Oak Harbor Monday, March 23.

Taylor Heidt collected Oak Harbor’s lone hit.

Anacortes (4-2) scored five runs in the first inning and six in the fourth to cruise to the win.

The Seahawks scored all five runs in the first inning off starter Tricia Sarns without a hit, capitalizing on walks and errors.

The six-run fourth was similar, but Anacortes did record several base hits, according to Oak Harbor coach Todd Showalter.

Several players made their first start for Oak Harbor, Showalter said, and they displayed “some nerves early.” That and a steady drizzle may have contributed to the Wildcats’ lackluster play, Showalter said.

“(We) played well in the second and third innings and poorly in the first and fourth,” Showalter said.

Writer has thrown three shutouts in four starts this year.

Oak Harbor (0-2) hosts Ferndale (3-0) at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 24.

(Cierra Smith, left, forces an Anacortes runner at third base as Sydney White, right, backs up the play. Photo by John Fisken.)