Lakes Baseball: Team Looks to Clean Up Defense and Improve Pitching

Lakes baseball

• Last season's record

The Lancers finished 5-14 overall and were 5-11 in the South Puget Sound League 3A. Enumclaw placed third in the state playoffs.

• Head coach

Scott Shellgren enters his 11th year as a head coach with a record of 63-102.

• Captains

Dillon Gee and Mark Guizzetti.

• Keys to success

Shellgren said they need to make the routine play and pitch better than they have in the past.

"You can 't average three errors and five walks and expect to win," Shellgren said.

• Games to watch for

Shellgren said when you are in a six-team league and play three of them each time all of them are important.

• Returners

Dillon Gee — First team All-SPSL 3A shortstop and finished last year with a .377 batting average, 18 runs, 14 RBIs, 12 extra base hits (four of them were home runs).
Marc Guizzetti — Third-baseman who was an honorable mention in SPSL 3A with a .318 batting average, 10 runs, 10 RBIs and a .448 on-base percentage.
Brandon Perez — Catcher and pitcher with a .405 batting average, seven runs, five RBIs with a 1-1 pitching record and a 4.38 ERA and was an honorable mention in the SPSL 3A.
Dominic Milton — Center fielder with a .333 batting average, six runs, five RBIs and an on-base percentage of .458.
Francis Kim — Second baseman with a .229 batting average, six runs and three RBIs.

• Key losses in terms of personnel

The Lancers graduated four starters, one of which was the team's ace, Shellgren said.