Jeans, Bingham combined once again for fastpitch victory

Brittany Jeans struck out 20 Wildcat batters and knocked in the winning run in a 1-0 nine-inning battle with Oak Harbor last week. Second baseman is Tori Kriegel. PHOTO BY JOHN GALBREATH | STANWOOD/CAMANO NEWS Improving their season record to 6-1 overall (3-1 in league) wasn’t easy for the local fastpitch nine.

Once again proving their resiliency, the Lady Sparts used the steadfast battery of pitcher Brittany Jeans and catcher Sam Bingham as well as their hitting to pull out an extra-inning 1-0 softball victory over Oak Harbor last week.

Jeans, relying not only on her own prowess as a topflight pitcher but on her battery mate’s pitch-calling behind the plate, struck out a career-tying 20 enemy batsmen while relinquishing but one hit to the Wildcats.

Then, after battling for nine innings to a 0-0 tie, Bingham belted a double – Stanwood’s only hit of the day - before following that up with a steal of third base. As Jeans slapped a fielder’s choice, Bingham flew down the line to slide under the catcher’s tag for the winning run.