SCC Baseball sweeps Western Washington Club team 6-2 and 14-5

Nic Van Der Ven got a win for SCC
on the mound Tuesday.
Photo by Wilson Tsoi

The Shoreline Community College Baseball Team swept the Western Washington University Club Team on Tuesday in Bellingham, WA by the scores of 6-2 and 14-5.

In the Game 1, a 14-5 win, Mitch Hoveke had 4 hits including a double and scored three runs while Luke Merkel added 3 hits with 3 RBIs, Connor King had 2 hits with 3 RBIs and Josh Fitch had 2 hits, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBIs as the SCC offense pounded out 15 hits in the game. SCC used 4 pitchers in the game with Ben Parker getting the win as the starter.

In Game 2, Nic Van Der Ven and Aaron Rose combined on a 7 hitter on the mound and Luke Merkel had 2 hits including a double with a run scored and a RBI to lead SCC to a 6-2 win.

SCC is now 12-5-1 on the season and opens NWAACC Northern Region play this weekend against the #1 Ranked team in the NWAACC, Everett Community College. EVCC is also ranked #3 for the Pacific Coast (including all community colleges in Washington, Oregon and California). 

The four game series starts at Memorial Stadium in Everett on Saturday at 1:00pm for two games and then moves to Meridian Park in Shoreline at 3:00pm on Sunday in the final doubleheader. Everett is 15-5 on the season and 3-1 in the Northern Region after taking 3 out to 4 games from Skagit Valley College last weekend.