By Ed Shepherd
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Highline batted consistently for hits and runs each inning of the game, and, pitching did its part, in a game the Pirates beat the host, Evergreen, 21-0, stopping the action after five innings of play, via the mercy rule, on the Wolverines' campus, Friday.

There was pretty much no doubt who was going to finish with a win between the Pirates and Wolverines in that game.

After the first inning, the Pirates owned a 4-0 lead. And, if that wasn't enough to convince one who would win, then, it was, then, 7-0, after the second, and, 11-0, after the third. So, though, the Wolverines made some good plays in that game, it was the inordinate amount of hitting--16 knocks--and the continuous strong pitching that drowned out any hopes for the home team.

So, there, probably, wasn't a whole lot of things the captains for the Pirates', seniors, Danny Perkins and Viktor Brose, could say about the Wolverines' game, afterward.

"No, nothing about this game," said Perkins. And, Brose, agreed, nodding his head, side to side. And, that kind of answer makes sense since the Pirates are 7-5 and the Wolverines are 0-12, now.

For the game versus the Wolverines, of the hitting fest by the Pirates, the first inning, the Pirates got hits from Danny Perkins and Jordan Welcome and Matt Horejsi. And, Drew Sagmoen, reached base by a fielding error, and, all and all, it added up to four runs after the first. And, the same exact kind of scenario in inning two for the Pirates, with Perkins, Welcome, Horejsi, all getting hits, leading to three runs, and, the 7-0 lead after two frames was completed. The Pirates scored four runs on two hits in the third, and, four runs on four hits in the fourth, and, six runs on three hits in the fifth to complete how the scoring and hitting went.

For pitching, Jacob Hines was the starter, going two innings before Christian Hagler came on in relief in the third, and, Perkins finished off the game, throwing the fifth.