James Welch did it with his arm and his bat on Saturday afternoon, firing a no-hitter on the mound and driving in three runs as Washington Academy rolled to a 10-0 five inning win over Mt. View in a Class C semifinal baseball game in East Machias.
Welch also had two hits, a stolen base, and scored two runs in the Raiders victory. He would strike out 10 without issuing a walk in his pitching masterpiece. Trevor Shimabukuro added two hits (triple, solo homerun), two RBI, and scored three runs. Daniel Gardner and Jayden Mahar also contributed two RBI each. Stuart Knowlton would suffer the pitching loss for the Mustangs giving up eight runs (six earned) on eight hits with no walks and two strikeouts in 3.0 innings. #6 Mt. View only had one runner reach base and that was on a first inning error. They end their season with a record of 11-8. #2 Washington Academy (16-2) will take on #8 Dexter/PCHS in the Class C North Regional Championship game on Tuesday night at Mansfield Stadium in Bangor at 7 p.m.
