Sophomore pitcher Jack Riley leads Olympia baseball to 5-4 road win over Windermere

The Olympia Titans baseball team went on the road and got a huge Class 7A, District 5 win over rivals Windermere High, 5-4, on the back of a sensational pitching performance from sophomore Jack Riley March 11. 

After the Wolverines (13-2) jumped all over the visiting Titans (7-6) in the first inning, scoring three runs to open the game, Riley took over pitching duties and was lights out from the mound for Olympia — holding Windermere to just three hits and one run, with an opponent batting average of .130, the rest of the way.

With the sophomore leading Olympia from the mound, the Olympia bats came alive in the fourth inning and flipped the game on its head — seeing five Titans score five runs. The Wolverines added one more run in the bottom of the seventh but wasn’t able to complete the comeback.

Junior Ethan Rathmann went 1-for-3 from the plate with a run scored and a walk while senior Mac Colavecchio, who despite going 0-for-2, reached base twice (he was walked once and reached base the other time thanks to an error) drove in a run and scored a run in the win. 

Windermere junior Randy Ruiz Jr. was the Wolverines’ top weapon on offense going 1-for-2 from the plate with an RBI off a sacrifice fly, a run scored and a walk. Windermere sophomore Joey Waddingham also contributed to the Wolverines’ four runs by scoring one run after reaching base twice; he went 1-for-3 from the plate and got hit by a pitch.