Schulz Stops Woodinville -- Bothell Pitcher Beats State's Top- Rated Team

Bothell senior Jay Schulz pitched his second straight shutout to earn his sixth straight victory as the Cougars upset No. 1-ranked Woodinville 2-0 in a KingCo Conference baseball game yesterday at Pop Keeney Stadium.

Schulz (6-2) struck out five, walked two and allowed six hits as the Cougars (8-7 in league, 9-9 overall) won for the eighth time in their past 10 games since a 0-5 KingCo start.

With the victory, Bothell snapped Woodinville's 14-game winning streak and stayed alive in the race for the final playoff berth in KingCo's Crown Division.

Woodinville (14-2, 17-2) remains in first place in the division but failed to clinch the division title. Second-ranked Redmond (12-2, 15-2) needs victories over Inglemoor and Bothell today to force a first-place tie and a one-game playoff against Woodinville for the division title.

Redmond was scheduled to play Inglemoor at 3:30 p.m. at Bothell's Pop Keeney Stadium, then meet Bothell at Hartman Park in Redmond at 7 p.m.

Jared Murphy led the Bothell offense yesterday, going 3 for 3 with a stolen base, run batted in and run scored. Murphy's one-out single through the left side of the infield drove home Kyle Abrahamson from third base in the fourth inning.

In the sixth, after a two-out single, Murphy scored when Mitch Entler's single got past the Woodinville center fielder for an error.

"This is a great win," said Bothell Coach Mark Oglesby, whose Cougars improved to 3-1 against teams ranked in the state's top 10. "It's just our luck being in the toughest division in the toughest league in the state."

-- REDMOND 2, LAKE WASHINGTON 1 - Jesse Travis (5-0) pitched a five-hitter, outdueling Lake Washington pitchers Tom Griefendorf and Mike Bond, who limited the Mustangs to just three hits. Seth Smith homered and Matt Woodward had a run-scoring double for Redmond. Jeremy Deshazer homered for the only Kangaroo (8-8, 10-10) run.

-- INTERLAKE 3, SAMMAMISH 2 - The Saints (9-7, 12-7) trailed 2-0 before rallying for three sixth-inning runs to clinch their third straight Crest Division championship. Winning pitcher Mike Wherry pitched a complete-game five-hitter. Losing pitcher John LeRoy, who threw a four-hitter, homered for Sammamish (5-11, 7-13).

-- ISSAQUAH 8, MERCER ISLAND 6 - An infield error led to Mitch Gregg's two-out, three-run homer as the Indians snapped a 4-4 tie in the seventh inning. Gregg and Dan Hanken had two hits each for Issaquah (8-8, 10-10). Mercer Island (1-15, 1-19) got three hits from Kasey Thompson and two from Peter Baker.

-- NEWPORT 10, BELLEVUE 5 (8 innings) - Zeth Donahue's two-run double keyed a six-run eighth inning as the Knights (8-8, 10-9) outlasted the Wolverines (4-12, 6-12). Donahue, Jeff Fountaine and Jason Crume each had two hits for Newport.