Zach Jacobs had everything working Wednesday afternoon.
The Decatur High School senior confused and dominated the Bonney Lake Panthers on the mound to give the Gators a 2-0 win on their home field. Jacobs finished with a complete-game, one-hitter in the South Puget Sound League 3A Division opener for both teams.
The only hit of the game was by Bonney Lake’s leadoff hitter in the first inning and was a bloop single to left centerfield. Jacobs faced only 24 batters.
“He had all his pitches working for him and kept the ball down, which turned into a lot of ground balls,” said head coach Maury Kincannon. “Zach hit his spots nicely.”
The Decatur (1-3) offense gave Jacobs all the support he would need when they clawed out a run in the bottom of the first inning when Mitchell Ciotta scored on a sacrifice fly by Brett Johnson.
The Gators added an insurance run in the fifth when Mitchell Bley walked. He advanced to second on a balk by the pitcher and to third on a past ball. He scored on a single to left field by Ciotta. Decatur finished with just five hits on the day.
Jacobs finished with six strikeouts and was also 2 for 2 at the plate. Ciotta finished 2 for 3 with an RBI for Decatur.
“It was a nice win for us and a great start for Zach,” Kincannon said.
In other baseball action:
Federal Way 8, at Bethel 1 — The high-powered Federal Way Eagle offense exploded for seven runs in the first two innings Tuesday and buried the Bethel Braves.
Austin Weber was the hitting and pitching star for the Eagles (2-1). Weber finished 2 for 4 with a three-run home run and also picked up the win on the mound. Weber threw the first five innings before being relieved by Derek Klaas.
Brett Evans finished 2 for 4 with a pair of doubles. Federal Way pounded out eight hits, compared to only three by Bethel.
Beamer
The Titans (4-1) were blasted by the defending SPSL South champ Vikings Tuesday at home, but bounced back Wednesday with a 13-8 win over Spanaway Lake.
Tuesday, Puyallup took a quick 8-0 lead with four runs in the first and second innings. They ended the game with seven more in the top of the sixth.
Beamer’s Adam Bolf finished 2 for 2 with a double and a run and Mac Gridley was 2 for 4 with a run.
Against Spanaway Lake, Beamer also fell behind early. The Sentinels tallied six runs in the top of the first before the Titans responded by scoring 13 straight.
Freshman Lawyer Braun finished the game 3 for 3 with three RBIs, three runs and four stolen bases. Sophomore Jarred Prather was 2 for 3 with two RBIs and Adam Bolf was 2 for 3 with two runs.
at Kentlake 9, Jefferson 0
The Falcons tallied six runs in the bottom of the first inning and the Raiders couldn’t figure out Ryan Shelton during the loss Tuesday.
Jefferson (1-3) could muster only three hits during the shutout, including two by junior K.W. Williams. Shelton was pretty much unhittable for Kentlake, throwing five innings of one-hit ball. He also struck out eight.
Jefferson’s Tyler Zumwalt took the loss on the mound.
at Tahoma 14, Jefferson 4
The Bears needed only five innings to down TJ Wednesday in Maple Valley. Tahoma scored five runs in the first and seven more in the fourth. The Raiders had only six hits and scored two runs each in the third and fifth innings.
