Haiden Dunning pitched a home game he won’t soon forget striking out a dozen Oak Hill batters in six innings. He also had a pair of base hits for the Wolverines. It wasn’t enough as the visiting Raiders shut out Wiscasset Middle High School 10-0 Saturday morning. The game was shortened due to the mercy rule.

Dunning struck out the side in the first inning but not before the Raiders scored two runs. After Isaac Morissette reached on an error, he scored on a base hit to right field by Caleb Tredwell. Reid Cote, the number three batter, worked the pitch count to 2-2 before Dunning struck him out on an off-speed pitch. Sam Lindsey then singled driving in Tredwell. Dunning finished the inning by fanning the next two batters.

Cote who started on the mound for the Raiders hit Matt Eckert, the Wolverine leadoff batter. Eckert alertly made his way to second base on a pass ball but was left stranded there by his teammates.

After Dunning K’d the leadoff batter in the second, Oak Hill added a pair of runs. The first of those was unearned; following a walk, the outfielder missed a fly ball that should’ve have been caught allowing the runner to score. Laden Thompson, the number nine batter then drew a walk and scored on an RBI single by Tredwell. Dunning scooped up a slow roller off the bat of Cote and tossed over to first baseman Billy Pinkham to end the inning.

Casey Mills, Pinkham and Brian Foye grounded out in the home half of the second inning.

Oak Hill went quietly in the third when Dunning picked up his sixth and seventh strikeouts. Archie Brewer went to his left and made a nice stop on the right side of the infield on a hard-hit grounder off the bat of Ethan Barnett. He tossed the ball to Dunning who was covering at first base for the final out.

The Raiders went up 6-0 with two unearned runs in the fourth. Jackson Arbour doubled to center and later scored on yet another Wolverine error.

Dunning led off the home half of the inning by beating out a slow roller. After Cote K’d the next batter Lindsay was brought in to relieve and set the next two Wolverine batters down in order.

Oak Hill added three more runs in the fifth; Morissette drove in two of those with a bases-loaded single up the middle. They added a final run in the sixth. Dunning’s second hit came in the sixth – a well-struck flyball to right center field.

The Wolverines’ only other hit came in the third inning when L.J. Travis beat out a grounder hit down the third base line.

Cote was the pitcher of record for the Raiders.He finished with eight strikeouts. Lindsay had six Ks.

Wolverine Coach Gregg Wood called it Dunning’s best pitching performance of the season. No argument there. Besides 12 strikeouts, he scattered seven hits and gave up seven walks.

The loss dropped Class D WMHS to 0-10 in the Mountain Valley Conference. Oak Hill, a Class B high school improves to 7-5.

WMHS will host Dirigo for a doubleheader Thursday afternoon beginning at 3:30. The team’s final game is at Boothbay Region High School May 27.