By Jeremy Martin
Wednesday afternoon was a beautiful day for baseball, but for the Chief Sealth Seahawks the result of a rivalry game against West Seattle wasn’t quite as pretty.
An 8-3 Wildcat victory gave West Seattle High School something to celebrate and some much warranted momentum heading into the second half of the rivalry matchup on Friday.
It took a while for the Wildcats to find its groove, not registering a hit until the fifth inning, but once the bats warmed up nothing could cool them down.
West Seattle went on a tear starting with a double in the fifth and not stopping until it had racked up six hits in the final three innings.
“We played a good team, their tough, their pitcher had our number for our while. I’m proud of our guys because they hung in there and it’s a seven inning game so it was nice that we stayed with it and kept playing good defense,” West Seattle head coach Velko Vitalich said.
It was all Sealth early, as the Seahawks scored in the first inning and were able to pick up five hits before the Wildcats even found first base.