One day after a tough loss to Woodinville, the Ballard High School baseball team regrouped and put together possibly its best outings of the season, defeating Newport 8-6 April 6.

"Last night was a good one, considering that against Woodinville everything that could go wrong, did," coach John Lamm said. "It was just one of those games."

He said it feels good that his players were able to come back after the 5-1 loss to Woodinville and get a win over Newport, one of the best teams in the division.

Lamm said Ballard is heading in the right direction with the team batting average climbing toward .300.

"Yesterday's game was nothing but clutch hit after clutch hit," he said.

Newport, after being down 3-1 in the first inning, was able to pull into a 3-3 tie in the third inning. The Beavers were able to fight back to regain the lead 8-3 and hold on for the win.

Senior David Doerr went two-for three with four RBIs and a run scored.

Senior pitcher Charlie Beaudoin earned his second win of the season, pitching six innings. He gave up three runs on five hits while striking out eight and walking two.

"Charlie Beaudoin has been our ace," Lamm said. "He's our guy."

Freshman Joe Jacobson was brought in to pitch the final inning. He gave up three runs but was able to strikeout the final two batters to preserve the win.

After losing their first four games, the Beavers have improved to 2-4 in KingCo and 2-6 overall.

Ballard squares off against Issaquah at 3:45 p.m. on April 8 at Whitman Middle School.