Hazen wins Seamount title; sub-district schedules | Baseball
Published 1:23 pm Thursday, May 5, 2011
The Lindbergh baseball team fell to Kennedy Catholic twice in a make-up doubleheader Wednesday, dropping the Eagles into second place in the Seamount and making Hazen the Seamount champions.
Lindbergh (12-4 overall, 11-3 Seamount) hadn’t lost a league game since March. Hazen (13-3, 12-2) finished its regular season April 30, but moved into the league lead with Lindbergh’s two losses.
Kennedy got off to quick starts in both games Wednesday, scoring a combined nine runs in the first inning. The Lancers won the first game 8-4. In that contest Cameron Callen and Craig Yamaguchi each had three hits. Yamaguchi also had three RBI. Billy Hernandez went 2-3 with two runs and an RBI.
Kennedy won the second game 7-4. Ryan White went 2-3 with a run, a home run and three RBI in that game.
Playoffs
Hazen takes the Seamount’s top 3A seed and plays Enumclaw (16-2) at Auburn Mountainview Saturday at 1 p.m. The Highlanders will take the top seed to districts with a win. With a loss, Hazen plays again at 7 p.m. Saturday for either the No. 2 or No. 3 seed to districts.
Lindbergh takes the Seamount’s No. 2 2A seed (Interlake earned the first) and will face Sequim (12-3) Friday at 4 p.m. at Olympic High School.
The Eagles are guaranteed a trip to districts, but their seed can vary from No. 5 to No. 8 depending on the two sub-district games.
If Lindbergh wins, it will play Saturday at 7 p.m. at Olympic. With a loss, Lindbergh will play at 4 p.m. Saturday at Olympic.
Renton (2-14) takes the Seamount’s No. 5 2A seed and plays Fife (11-7) Friday at 7 p.m. at Russell Road Park in Kent. The game is loser-out. If the Indians win they will play again Saturday at 2 p.m. at Russell Road Park.
