Two straight wins late in the year have set the Spartans up nicely moving into the postseason.

The jaws of defeat were starting to look like the frothing maw of a West Seattle Wildcat, when the Bainbridge team managed to snatch back a 3-2 victory in the eighth inning, April 22.

It was a bit of revenge for the Bainbridge High varsity baseball team, having suffered a 4-1 loss on the road to Westside just days before.

Then, on Monday, April 25, the team played the final home game of the regular season, against Seattle Prep, and came away with a solid 7-3 win. It was also Senior Night, and the team’s four seniors — Luke Tucker, David Wellbrock, Nate Boegl and Truman Miller were recognized.

“We control our own destiny right now though,” said BHS Head Coach Simon Pollack Monday.

“Basically, we’re tied for second place in the division, and if we come out against a tough team, Roosevelt, and keep them off speed enough, keep them off their toes with some off-speed pitches, I think we could very easily catch them taking really big swings and not be able to piece together their base hits and potentially come out of there with a win,” he said.

The varsity squad has been unable to maintain the momentum needed to stay on a run this year. The team — comprised mostly of juniors and sophomores — managed five consecutive wins early on (March 30 through April 6), but the win over West Seattle Friday broke a three-game losing streak, the team’s second slight slump of the season.

Inconsistencies on the mound and at the plate had plagued the island team all year, Pollack said. But not so on Monday.

“Nate [Boegl] pitched a gem of a game and we got the bats rolling and it feels great,” he said.

“We’re feeling really good right now, happy to have the last win of the season at home; played a really good job in the field, played some really good defense.

“The game out there looked like [how] a game of baseball should be played,” Pollack added. “Really for both teams, I would say. Obviously they’re disappointed that they didn’t get quite as much from their pitchers as we did from ours. And that’s the difference in the game right there; their pitcher’s throwing a lot of walks and us being able to capitalize on strikes being thrown.”

Of the seniors set to depart, Pollack said that they were a core group of stalwart Spartans who would be surely missed.

“It’s a good way to finish for these guys,” he said. “A real happy ending.”