Coach Gregg Wood used three different pitchers as the Wolverines defeated visiting Boothbay Region High School, 7-2, in the Mountain Valley Conference opener Friday afternoon.

Daren Wood was the winning pitcher. The big right-hander started the game by striking out the first six Seahawk batters he faced. Boothbay’s Grant Giles finally ended the streak, leading off the third inning by drawing a base-on-balls. He later scored from third base on a passed ball.

Conlon Ranta came in to pitch the fourth and fifth innings for Wiscasset. He finished with a couple of strikeouts, allowing just one hit. Tyler Bailey finished the game on the mound for Wiscasset.

In the first inning, Grant Hefler hit a 3-2 pitch off Boothbay pitcher Hunter Arsenault into left field for a base hit. He moved on to second base and then third on passed balls and scored on Wood’s sacrifice fly to deep center field, nicely gloved by Seahawk Xavier Downing. Wiscasset eventually loaded the bases but Arsenault was able to pitch his way out of the jam to end the inning.

Wiscasset would add two more runs in the second. Brandon Sprague reached on an error and Hefler and Wood drew back-to-back walks to load the bases. Tyler Bailey then drew a base-on-balls, sending Sprague trotting home from third base. Ranta then drove in a run with a fielder’s choice to make it 3-0.

Wiscasset added two more runs in the fourth inning and another two in the fifth. Boothbay scored a second run also unearned in the sixth inning when Gabe Purin drew a walk off Bailey and scored.

Hefler had a productive day in the batting order’s lead-off spot, scoring three runs. Sprague and Ranta, who both doubled, had the game’s only extra base hits.

Coach Wood said afterward he was pretty excited about winning the season opener. “The pitching really came through for us today. All three of our guys that took the mound did a really good job.

“I wasn’t planning to pitch Tyler but he came and asked me if he could get some work in, so I put him on the mound to finish up for us,” added Wood.

“One thing I’m not happy about is leaving the bases loaded in the first and second innings. We must have left a dozen runners stranded on base today. That’s something we need to work on, getting the hits when we have the runners in scoring position.”

 Wiscasset travels to Lisbon to take on the Greyhounds Monday, April 25. Coach Wood said Bailey will be the starting pitcher for the Wolverines. WMHS will be home April 27 hosting the Oak Hill Raiders.