The Tritons are hot: Baseball extends win streak to 7 with sweep of Bellevue

LYNNWOOD – Edmonds needed two wins Friday night and they accomplished the mission. 

In the opener Lathan Haywood was touched for a two-out solo home run in the top of the 1^st but set the next 16 hitters down in a row. The right-hander went the distance for his second consecutive complete game of the year allowing just three runs in the 6-2 triumph.

Cole Murawski got the Tritons on the board in the 3^rd inning and tied the game up at 1-1 with an RBI single. It remained knotted up until the 7^th when the team plated five runs -- Noah Figuered doubled in two and later scored on a balk, and Levi Joyce singled two more home. Figuered was 3-for-5 and the Murawski brothers each notched two hits apiece.

The nightcap was a bit sloppy as both teams committed multiple errors, but the Tritons prevailed after taking the lead for good in the bottom of the 6^th. In that frame Levi Joyce worked a full-count walk that scored the go ahead run (9-8), then Tyler Hogan followed with a pinch-hit opposite field RBI single to extend the lead to 10-8.

Colby Holmdahl's laser to right field added an insurance run in the 7^th to push the advantage to three runs. Paxton Fenburg came out of the pen to start the 3^rd inning and hurled six innings, giving up no earned runs to collect the win. He got stronger as the game progressed. Eli Knowlton worked a clean 9^th inning to earn the save.

Figuered was 2-for-4 with 3 runs scored and Camden Gillespie had two hits and 2 runs scored. Cole Murawski was 1-for-1 with 4 walks.

Edmonds (18-8) has won 14 of their last 16 games and is making a real push as the postseason nears with a playoff spot already secured. The question is whether it will be as the region champion, the 2-seed, or the 3-seed. Two more games remain with Bellevue (16-8) when the series continues on Sunday at Courter Field. The last two tilts of the regular season are Sunday, May 11 against first place Everett (18-6) on sophomore day at Triton Field.