The Spartans are coming together in league play as Bainbridge’s baseball team beat Kingston in back-to-back games April 1-2 by a combined 22-0.

Bainbridge won the first game 12-0 at Kingston and also won the second game at home 10-0. The Spartans improved to 5-0 in Olympic League play, right on the heels of first-place North Kitsap, which is 6-0. The Buccanneers fell to 3-3 in league play following the two losses.

“[With] our teamwork and team chemistry, I think we’re coming together in the league and we’re smoother in our play,” Spartan starting pitcher Trey Thompson said.

In the second game, Thompson made quick work of the first three Kingston batters, earning two strikeouts and forcing a groundout. Kingston starting pitcher Chayton Walker struggled in the bottom of the first, letting up an RBI double from Will Rohrbacher and an RBI single from A.J. Larsen, giving the Spartans an early 2-0 lead by the end of the first inning.

Kingston was unable to get its first hit of the game in the top of the third, with Thompson once again making quick work of the Buccaneer batting lineup. Rohrbacher hit a single to right field, scoring Duncan Bos, making the score 5-0.

“We need to make less errors in the field,” Kingston assistant coach Joe Hedstrom said. “We’ve got three freshmen starting on our team.”

Kingston changed pitchers from Walker to Joel Jones in the bottom of the fourth. Jones made quick work of Bainbridge, earning three outs on three batters.

Bos successfully stole second after getting on base in the bottom of the fifth with one out and was driven home by a Rohrbacher home run, pushing Bainbridge’s lead to 8-0. The home run marked Rohrbacher’s first home run in league play and second on the year.

Kingston made another pitching change in the bottom of the sixth, swapping in pitcher Tristan Scott for Jones. However, it didn’t slow the Spartan bats, as McCrea Curfman managed to hit a double to deep left-center field, allowing catcher Tenzing Dikman to score and give the Spartans a nine-run lead.

“We just lost on Saturday to Seattle Prep,” Spartan Braden French said. “It was probably one of our worst games, and just coming back and having one of the best games of the season, it just feels like we’ve really clicked and grown as a team.”