Vikings baseball team drops two Touchet

The Gar-Pal Vikings baseball team traveled to Touchet last Friday and came back with two losses, 13-0 and 12-3.

In game one of the doubleheader, Jesse Lopez hit a single for Gar-Pal’s lone hit.

He also pitched the first three innings, giving up seven runs on four hits with two strikeouts. Hunter Woltering took the mound in the fourth and allowed six runs on one hit and one strikeout. Wyatt Mitchell then finished in the fifth inning for no runs on no hits with a strikeout.

“We didn’t look very good defensively in the first game, which is new,” said Vikings coach Jeremy Kimble. “Generally our defense is pretty solid.”

In game two, Kaleb Schaub went 2 for 3 to lead Gar-Pal (3-6) at the plate while Mitchell went 1 for 2 and Gabe Cocking, Woltering and Griner went 1 for 3.

On the mound, Schaub threw three innings to give up four runs on five hits with three strikeouts. Griner came on in the fourth, pitching three innings to allow seven runs on three hits with two strikeouts. Woltering followed to pitch the last inning in relief, giving up one run on one hit with one strikeout.

“In the second game, our lack of pitching depth got the best of us,” said Kimble. “We played with them for awhile though so hopefully we can keep building confidence in our young team.”

Gar-Pal will play next at home Tuesday, April 9 vs. Tekoa-Oakesdale-Rosalia at 4 p.m.