Lake's Highly-Rated Baseball and Soccer Teams Face Season-Defining Contests Thursday
After losses to lower seeds last Saturday, the would-be title contenders play Thursday with a trip to State -- or the end of the season -- hanging in the balance
Lake Stevens’ highly-rated baseball and soccer teams both face do-or-die propositions Thursday with the fate of the season hanging on the result of Thursday’s upcoming playoff games. For both programs, promising seasons teeter on the brink as a result of losses last Saturday. On the plus side, both programs need only to win Thursday in order to reach the WIAA 4A State Tournament.
Baseball - Eastlake 4 Lake Stevens 1 – Final (Saturday)
After claiming a second-consecutive Wesco league title, Viking baseball was awarded a bye in the WesKing tournament and faced a lower-seeded Eastlake team that had to win an early-round game just to face the Viks.
Eastlake was by far the sharper team on Saturday in Edmonds, though, as Lake Stevens sputtered out of the gate, surrendering two first inning runs to Eastlake via three infield errors and a hit batsmen.
Starting pitcher Luke Morris continued his excellent season and kept Lake in the game as the offense managed just two hits. Ultimately Eastlake put another two runs across in the top of the seventh thanks to a walk and another error.
Lake Stevens managed just two hits and committed four errors.
Sophomore Blake Moser provided a bright spot for the Viks, smacking a towering home run high into the netting above the 20-foot wall at the 340 foot mark in leftfield. The homer was Moser’s first varsity blast. Moser is batting .375 on the season and his .507 on-base percentage ranks amongst the 4A state leaders.
Moser also pitched the seventh inning for the Viks, nailing down the final three outs – two by strikeout – and hitting 93.6 mph
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