Hunter Capstick tossed the best game of his season to lead Warrenton to a 2-0 win over Union Monday.

Capstick surrendered one hit and struck out seven in a complete-game shutout and Warrenton improved to 11-13 on the season.

“I actually had a game where I could throw my fastball for strikes and my curveball for strikes,” Capstick said. “Sometimes when I try to throw my curveball for strikes, I change my mechanics a little bit.”

That wasn’t the case Monday afternoon, at least after the first inning.

Capstick walked two first-inning batters and Union had runners on first and third with one out, but he got out of the jam unscathed.

“After that, he pretty much shut them down,” Warrenton Head Coach Eric Burle said. “He really settled down and threw a lot of strikes.”

In the fourth, Alex Vogt led off with a single and Garrison Hibbs followed with a walk. Jake Abel hit a grounder and Union failed to get an out on a fielder’s choice.

Braden Lawson walked and Vogt scored. Hunter Russell then singled to drive in Hibbs.

Burle was happy with the rally, but said the Warriors can’t expect to shut out their opponent every time out.

“We had some opportunities to break it open that inning,” he said of the fourth. “One that hopefully doesn’t kill us in the end of the year is our base-running. We made a few base-running miscues in that inning that could have helped us out.”

Fortunately for Burle and his team, missed opportunities didn’t cost them against Union.

“Warrenton’s pitcher threw very well and we just couldn’t figure him out in time,” Union Head Coach Ryan Bailey said. 

Capstick has a theory about hitters, which proved to be true Monday.

“I like to throw outside fastballs because a lot of high school kids don’t want to pull the trigger on outside fastballs,” he said. “And then the curveball is nice to come back with and get them.”

Burle said he was as pleased with the defense behind Capstick as he was with his starter.

“We had a pretty solid defense,” he said. “And this team has shown when it has clean games in the field and doesn’t give up too many free passes, more times than not it will win the ball game.”