Shorecrest baseball team plays host to Lynnwood Tuesday after losing two of three last week

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The Shorecrest baseball team plays host to Lynnwood Tuesday, April 10, after losing two of three games last week.

The Scots take a 5-2 Western Conference 3A division record (7-3 overall) into the game with Lynnwood (3-2 Wesco 3A, 4-5) at 4 p.m. at Shorecrest High School after the Scots lost at Lynnwood 9-4 Friday.

Earlier in the week, Shorecrest had split a two-game series with Meadowdale, losing 4-3 at home Tuesday, April 3, and winning 8-0 at Meadowdale Wednesday.

The two losses leave Shorecrest tied for second in the Wesco 3A with Mountlake Terrace (5-2, 5-4), behind Glacier Peak (4-1, 6-3).

In Shorecrest’s 9-4 loss to Lynnwood Friday, the Scots scored four runs in the top of the second inning, but Lynnwood scored two in the bottom of the second, four in the bottom of the third, two in the bottom of the fifth and one in the bottom of the sixth, Senior third baseman Neil Baldwin hit a double for Shorecrest.

In Shorecrest’s 8-0 victory over Meadowdale Wednesday, the Scots scored two runs in the top of the first, one each in the third and fourth, and four in the seventh. Senior shortstop Ryan Canfield and junior outfielder Keegan Small each hit 2 for 2. Winning pitcher Ted Hammond struck out 12 Meadowdale batters, while walking 2 and giving up 2 hits in a complete-game shutout.

In Shorecrest's 4-3 home loss to Meadowdale Tuesday, the Scots outhit the Mavericks 5-2 but couldn’t overcome a four-run Meadowdale first inning. Baldwin hit a double and had a run batted in for Shorecrest. Senior catcher Michael Rigby had a single and an RBI.

The Shorecrest junior varsity takes a 2-4 (3-6) record into a game at Lynnwood (4-1, 5-2) Tuesday after the Scot JVs defeated Lynnwood, 14-11 Friday at Shorecrest.