Seahawks supreme in 17-7 slugfest

Wed, 05/30/2018 - 7:00am

Cameron Crocker drove in seven runs with a home run and two doubles, and pitched three scoreless innings working in relief as Boothbay Region outlasted Wiscasset Middle High school 17-7.

Tuesday afternoon’s game hosted by Wiscasset was the final Mountain Valley Conference baseball game for both teams this season.

Crocker’s inside the park home run accounted for two of the Seahawks’ three first inning runs. Will Labreque singled and drove in the other run scored by Jay Hasch who reached on an error.

In the home half of the inning, Ronald Drake homered to make it a 3-1 ballgame. Drake’s inside the park home run came with two outs, the ball carrying deep to left centerfield.

Wiscasset starting pitcher Josh Duanlan held the visitors scoreless in the second, as did Seahawk starter Hunter Crocker.

Boothbay’s battery then scored four more runs in the third, with Cam Crocker again delivering the big blow, a two-run double. Another run scored Jacob Wilson, circling the bases when his flyball got behind the right fielder. With two away, Will Labreque then scored from third on a pass ball.

Kasey Mills singled with one away in the Wiscasset third. Crocker fanned the next two batters leaving him stranded on second base.

Boothbay plated two more runs in the fourth. Wiscasset added one, with Drake tripling and scoring on an overthrow making it a 9-2 ballgame.

With Haiden Dunning pitching in relief, the Seahawks added another run in the fifth inning.

The Wolverines then erupted for five runs. C.J. Robert led of off with a single up the middle. Crocker then hit Matt Eckert, and Ryan Potter delivered an RBI single. Drake singled loading the bases and Hodson tripled and later scored on a wild pitch.

Cam Crocker was then brought in to relieve and got the final two outs. He finished with eight strikeouts over two and two thirds innings. His younger brother Hunter had 10 Ks and picked up the win.

Boothbay nicked Wiscasset for seven more runs in the final inning, Crocker drove in two of those with his second double.

Dualan the losing pitcher finished with five strikeouts in five innings, Dunning had seven Ks striking out the side twice. 

Wiscasset turned the game’s only double play which came in the second. Hodson gloved Hunter Crocker’s line drive to deep center field and threw the ball to Mills, the second baseman who tagged out Colby Babcockheouldbi

It was the final game for seniors Andrew Hendrickson and Drake who will remember the game for having hit that home run . The Wolverines finished the season at 0-16, while the Seahawks were 3-13.