Bothell exploded for eight runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to beat Skyline, 10-3, Tuesday during the opening round of the KingCo 4A tournament.
The Spartans were led by Mickey Dunn-Blad, who was 4-for-4 at the plate with a triple. Amy Ziegler was 2-for-3, Lauren Wolfe was 2-for-4 with an RBI and Amanda Nemiroff was 2-for-4.
Skyline faces the loser of Lake Washington-Issaquah at 7 p.m., tonight at Redmond’s Hartman Park in a loser-out game.
Issaquah and Lake Washington were rained out Tuesday and will play at 3 p.m., today at Hartman Park.
Eastlake loses close battle with Woodinville
Eastlake battled toe-to-toe with Woodinville Monday night before allowing four runs in the top of the ninth to lose 4-0.
Madi Schreyer broke the game open with a one-out double and Kayla O’Farrell added a two-out double to pad the score.
Maria Gau struck the side out in the bottom of the ninth to close the game.
Kelsey Dempsey was 2-for-3 for the Wolves with a double.
Eastlake faces Bothell at 5 p.m., tonight at Redmond’s Hartman Park.