The Spartans’ first baseball game of the season made it only five innings before they were declared victorious.

The varsity team hosted the Port Angeles Raiders Wednesday, and the game was called early – at the bottom of the fifth inning – with the Spartans ahead 11-0.

Bainbridge High Head Coach Simon Pollack, in this, his first year in charge of the varsity team, said that the squad was taking it all in stride for now and staying focused. Getting too excited, or over-confident, this early in the season could be very detrimental, he said.

“Baseball will always make you feel like a little kid [and] sometimes it comes back to bite you,” Pollack said after the game. “But, we definitely had our day today. We were on top today and we took advantage of it and we swung the bats well.”

The Spartans will return home to host Nathan Hale at 4 p.m. Monday, March 23.

The Review’s Luciano Marano was there, camera in hand, to catch all of the home opener action. His favorite shots are collected here.