UPPER LAKE — Jared Wade allowed a leadoff single but nothing else Friday afternoon as the Upper Lake Cougars made quick work of the Calistoga Wildcats, 14-0, in a North Central League II varsity baseball game at Upper Lake.
Wade finished with a one-hitter in the five-inning game, which was called early because of the 10-run rule. He struck out 10, walked none and hit one, throwing just 58 pitches as the Cougars improved to 4-1 in the NCL II standings and 4-5 overall.
“He had a good game,” Upper Lake coach Martin Wade said. “He”s kept us in games this season, but he”s faced some of the tougher teams we”ve played. Calistoga is more our caliber kind of team.”
Calistoga had two runners make it as far as third base.
“The farther he went, the stronger he got,” Martin Wade added.
Upper Lake provided its pitcher with the only runs he would need in the bottom of the first, scoring twice. The Cougars added four runs in the third before breaking the game open with an eight-run fourth during which they sent 12 batters to the plate.
Monty Orozco went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI to lead the Cougars at the plate. Greg Gagnon went 2-for-3 with a RBI and Larry Stacy went 2-for-2 with two RBI.
In other baseball action Tuesday:
Kelseyville 8, Cloverdale 5
At Cloverdale, the Kelseyville Knights trailed 5-4 and were down to their last strike before winning pitcher Jake Peters came through in a big way, lining a two-run triple over the right fielder”s head to ignite a four-run top of the seventh.
“He”s been red-hot for us,” Kelseyville coach Lou Poloni said. “We had the right guy up there.”
After Peters” triple put Kelseyville ahead 6-5, Max Huff reached on an error that scored Peters. Another error by the Eagles allowed Huff to score the fourth run of the inning.
Zach Bailey, the No. 9 hitter for Kelseyville, opened the rally with a one-out walk, his third base on balls of the day.
Peters worked all seven innings for the win, throwing just 88 pitches. He struck out nine and walked three.
Both teams had only four hits.
Fort Bragg 9, Middletown 3
At Middletown, the Fort Bragg Timberwolves took all the suspense out of this one early, scoring six times in the top of the second inning to open up a 7-0 lead en route to their win over the Middletown Mustangs.
“You have to throw strikes and play defense or you”re not going anywhere,” Middletown coach Mitch Tucker said.
Blaine Amos worked 4 1/3 effective innings in relief of starter Logan Smith to give the Mustangs a chance, but their bats didn”t wake up until the bottom of the seventh. Middletown scored twice in the inning but left the bases loaded.
Besides Amos” relief work, another bright spot was Nate Salmans, who came off the Middletown bench and went 2-for-3 with a double.
“Nice job by Nate to come off the bench and get a couple of hits,” Tucker said.
St. Helena 13, Lower Lake 3
At Lower Lake, the first-inning blues bit the Lower Lake Trojans again as they spotted St. Helena a 6-0 lead in the top of the first in an NCL I game called after six innings because of the 10-run rule.
Josh McCarty doubled home two runs in the bottom of the second for Lower Lake (1-8, 6-10) to make it 6-2, but league-leading St. Helena (6-1) pulled away with four runs in the top of the third.
VJ Lopez also doubled for the Trojans, losers of six in a row.
Jon Duncan, the first of four Lower Lake pitchers, took the loss.
Softball
Clear Lake 17, Willits 2
At Lakeport, pinch-hitter Madison Wynacht smacked a bases-loaded triple during a five-run fourth inning as the Clear Lake Cardinals beat the Willits Wolverines in a five-inning NCL I game.
Clear Lake (7-0, 12-2) led 11-0 after two innings.
Heather White (2-for-2) doubled twice and drove in two runs for the Cardinals while Coree Alexander and Vanessa Tullos each went 2-for-2 with a RBI. One of Tullos” hits was a line drive off the stomach of Willits starting pitcher Melissa Crews, briefly knocking her out of the game.
Winning pitcher Emily Wingler went the distance, allowing three hits, striking out four and walking five.
Cloverdale 5, Kelseyville 2
At Cloverdale, pitcher Sabrina Lyon and the Kelseyville Knights kept it close before falling to the Cloverdale Eagles in NCL I action.
Kelseyville (3-4, 6-6) grabbed a 2-1 lead in the top of the third on Destiny Pagan”s two-run double. Cloverdale (5-1) pushed in front to stay with two runs in the bottom of the third. The Eagles added two insurance runs in the fourth.
“A huge, huge improvement from the first time we played them,” Kelseyville coach Taryn Kysely said. “It was a good game, we played tremendously well.”
Cloverdale beat Kelseyville 18-2 April 3 at Kelseyville.
Lyon went the distance, striking out three and walking none. She also had two of the team”s six hits. Pagan, Kyra Rudnick, Stephanie Green and Alyssa Mick had the others.
Calistoga 15, Upper Lake 4
At Upper Lake, the Calistoga Wildcats pounded out 15 hits to go along with 15 runs in their NCL II victory over the Upper Lake Cougars.
“They hit it where we weren”t,” Upper Lake coach Kelly Coburn said.
Calistoga scored three times in the top of the first inning and never looked back. Upper Lake (2-2, 5-4) closed to 3-2 before the Wildcats opened things up with six runs in the third and four more in the fourth. The game was called after five innings because of the 10-run rule.
Amber McQueen (2-for-2) tripled twice and drove in two runs for Upper Lake.
Fort Bragg 5, Middletown 2
At Middletown, the Middletown Mustangs turned in a strong effort but fell to Fort Bragg in NCL I action.
“We played the best defensive game we”ve played all year,” Middletown coach Bob Cummesky said. “But we were bamboozled by Lowe”s rising fastball.”
Winning pitcher Cassidy Lowe, who tossed a four-hitter and struck out eight without issuing a walk, had Middletown”s batters chasing balls high in the strike zone or out of the strike zone.
“She likes to work up in the zone and we didn”t have the discipline at the plate that we needed to,” said Cummesky, who otherwise praised his team”s effort. “Best played game all year,” he added.
Madi Hicks went 2-for-2 for Middletown.
Losing pitcher Renee Edwards worked all seven innings, striking out four and walking three. She was backed by a defense that committed just one error.
