LAYTONVILLE >> The Upper Lake Cougars lost two games and their third baseman on Friday while falling 6-3 and 8-7 to the Laytonville Warriors in a non-league softball doubleheader in Laytonville.
Upper Lake (1-3) had 18 hits to Laytonville’s six between the two games but couldn’t overcome errors (five in the first game) and walks (11 in the second game). To make matters worse, the Cougars’ third baseman was ejected for arguing a call in game one.
“The girl was out and the umpire called her safe,” Upper Lake coach Kelly Coburn said. “It wasn’t close.”
Julia Mooney was the losing pitcher in game one, striking out seven and walking five while going the distance. Adrianna Saldana, Cheyanne Obedoza, Jazlyn Bonilla and Katlyn Minnis had two hits apiece for the Cougars. Saldana and Obedoza added doubles.
In game two, which went only five innings, Laytonville took advantage of 10 walks in the first two innings to score all of its runs. Upper Lake closed to 8-7 with a four-run top of the third.
“I didn’t know the game was going to be five innings,” Coburn said. “That’s the rule in their league.”
Mooney, who pitched two scoreless innings in relief of starter Minnis, anchored the Upper Lake offense with two hits, one of them a three-run home run to deep right field in the third.
“She was at home before they got the ball back into the infield,” Coburn said.
Stacy Johnson went 1-for-3 with a double and two RBIs and Bailey Young went 2-for-3 with a RBI.
Laytonville had just one hit.
In other action Friday:
Varsity baseball
Lower Lake 12, Tomales 0
At Tomales, Lower Lake shut out Tomales in a non-league game called after six innings because of the 10-run mercy rule.
Starting and winning pitcher Hokulani Wickard and reliever Bobby Cruz combined on a three-hit shutout as the Trojans improved to 3-1 on the season.
Lower Lake broke open a scoreless game with a four-run top of the second and added to its lead with a run in the third, two more in the fourth and five in the sixth.
Wickard, Jordan McGrath, Eric Graves, Eric Egger and Isaiah Klein all drove in runs for the Trojans. McGrath had a triple and Reed Diener a double.
“It was a good game,” Lower Lake coach John McCarthy said. “We were hitting the baseball some and we played good defense.”
Lower Lake is home Tuesday to play Calistoga at 4 p.m.
JV baseball
Lower Lake 13, K’ville 0
At Kelseyville, Lower Lake’s Jack Mitcham faced just one batter over the minimum while blanking the Kelseyville Knights on a one-hitter during a non-league game called after five innings because of the 10-run mercy rule.
A right-hander, Mitcham threw just 64 pitches. He struck out nine and walked one. Only two batters reached base against him, one on an error and the other on a double in the second inning, but he was thrown out trying to steal third.
Mitcham also helped himself out at the plate, going 1-for-3 and scoring twice. The Trojans (3-1) jumped ahead early and put the game away with a six-run top of the fifth.
Antonio Padilla went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI and three runs scored to power the Lower Lake offense. William Plubell went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs, Bryan Fonseca went 2-for-3, and Gage Thayer capped the Trojans’ scoring with a bases-loaded triple.
