ARLINGTON — The Eagles were in a precarious situation in the sixth inning ahead 8-7 March 18 against Monroe. A Bearcat base runner nearly tied it after a hit to right field.

But a relay from Drew Kalahar to second baseman Peter Chung to catcher Garret Wiseman stopped the run.

“It’s tough because Drew was out in right-field with the sun over the hitter the whole time,” coach Scott Striegel said. “But they were able to run it down in the gap, make a perfect throw to second base and a perfect throw to home plate and tag him out.”

After losing its season opener to Lake Stevens 10-7, the Eagles found themselves in another unfavorable spot against Monroe down 4-0 in the fourth inning.

“We hadn’t hit a whole lot of balls hard and got kind of unlucky,” Striegle said. “Their pitcher did a good job at keeping us unbalanced.”

But the Eagles’ luck turned in the later innings when they began finding the ball and getting walks eventually, turning into two runs in the fifth inning and six more in the sixth.

“I don’t think we made any adjustments to be honest,” Striegel said. “We just hit a couple balls hard, and guys get confident once they see the guy in front of them hit the ball hard.”

Arlington’s Kyle Bayer hit a two-run double in the sixth inning to put the Eagles ahead.

“On Monday against Lake Stevens, we played really well but weren’t able to close it out,” Striegel said. “I was really proud of the kids picking it up later in this game and getting the win.”

The Eagles 1-1 host Snohomish Monday, March 23.

“We have a lot of young guys, and were trying a lot of them in different positions,” Striegel said. “So we just have to find out what we got in our non-league games.”