The score was ugly, but there was some “beauty” to Coupeville’s 19-5 five-inning baseball loss at Lakewood Wednesday, March 28.

Wolves’ coach Willie Smith said, “Believe it or not we actually had our best at bats of the season. We hit the ball very hard but right at them for the first three innings. Finally, in the fourth they started to fall.”

Jake Tumblin and Wade Schaef each ripped a double and single, Morgan Payne added a double and Korbin Korzan had a single and RBI.

Smith said his team “came out flat,” and that combined with poor pitching and poor defense mixed in with Lakewood’s 15 hits resulted in the lopsided outcome.

The Cougars (7-0, 8-0) scored nine runs in the first inning, six in the second and four in the third.

Coupeville (0-4, 2-6) finishes a tough stretch in its schedule when it goes to Everett to face Archbishop Thomas Murphy (7-0) Monday, April 2; the two teams meet in Coupeville Wednesday, April 4, at 4 p.m.

The Wolves’ first three series in conference play are against teams (Cedarcrest, Lakewood, ATM) with a combined 19-0 mark.