Thursday: SoHi baseball defeats Kodiak

  • Thursday, May 18, 2017 11:53pm
  • Sports

The Soldotna Stars set themselves up with a chance to win the Southcentral baseball conference Thursday evening with a 4-2 division win over Kodiak.

Sitting at 6-3 in the conference, the Stars need to win Friday night’s regular season finale against Kodiak to force a tie at the top of the standings with Kenai Central. Soldotna would likely resort to the fifth tiebreaker in the order to clinch the division, which would be decided on fewest runs allowed in conference games.

However, Soldotna had to first win Thursday’s game, which was decided by strong pitching by SoHi starter Austin Asp.

Asp earned the win on the mound with five innings of scoreless baseball, striking out six Kodiak batters while walking none and giving up two hits.

“It was a good game, and we got a strong outing from Austin,” said Soldotna head coach Robb Quelland. “We got good relief from David, who had to face no outs with two (runners) on.”

SoHi’s Hunter Thompson faced a tough struggle in the sixth inning after relieving Asp, and was charged with giving up both Kodiak runs on two walks, but David Michael came on to get the final six outs of the game, giving up just one run-scoring hit and zero walks.

Jeremy Kupferschmid, Logan Smith and Terrance Slats all had RBI hits for SoHi, which also got a steal of home plate by Cody Quelland in the top of the sixth.

SoHi scored first in the top of the first inning, then tacked on two more runs in the second to stake out a 3-0 lead.

Quelland said the cold, wet weather in Kodiak made life rough for the Stars, which left nine runners stranded on base.

“It’s always tough to play in Kodiak,” he said. “It was miserable.”

More in Sports

tease
Tuesday: Soldotna soccer gets past Nikiski

The visiting Soldotna boys soccer team defeated Nikiski 12-0 on Tuesday in… Continue reading

Soldotna's Isabella Gares hits against Kenai Central on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at the Steve Shearer Memorial Ball Park in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Tuesday: Soldotna softball rolls past Kenai

The Soldotna softball team defeated Kenai Central 24-3 in three innings on… Continue reading

Dylan Dahlgren, Galen Brantley III and Adarra Hagelund at the NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships in Brookings, South Dakota. (Photo provided)
Hagelund, Brantley, Dahlgren help Dickinson State to sweep of NSAA outdoor track titles

Soldotna High School graduates Adarra Hagelund, Galen Brantley III and Dylan Dahlgren… Continue reading

tease
Monday: Kenai soccer sweeps Homer

The visiting Kenai Central soccer teams swept Homer on Monday in Peninsula… Continue reading

tease
Monday: Ohnemus, Stuyvesant pitch Soldotna past Homer

Trenton Ohnemus and Jayden Stuyvesant combined to hold Homer scoreless for eight… Continue reading

tease
Homer girls, Soldotna boys track and field lead area at Anchorage Invite

The Homer girls and Soldotna boys track and field teams led the… Continue reading

Kenai Central third baseman Blake Morris tags out Soldotna's Easton Hawkins on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at Kenai Little League fields in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Soldotna baseball defeats Kenai

The Soldotna baseball team defeated Kenai Central 7-4 on Saturday in Northern… Continue reading

Homer's Keagan Niebuhr delivers to Chugiak on Friday, May 9, 2025 during the Bash on the Bay tournament at Jack Gist Park in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
Chugiak wins Bash on the Bay softball tournament in Homer

The Chugiak softball team defeated Soldotna 8-1 in the Saturday championship game… Continue reading

tease
Saturday soccer: Kenai, SoHi girls sweep 3-game road trips

The Kenai Central and Soldotna girls soccer teams finished off sweeps of… Continue reading

Most Read