WELLS — Scoring at a rate of exactly 10 runs a game this season, the Cape Elizabeth softball team’s offense has been close to unstoppable for Western Maine Conference opposition this season.

On Friday, against Wells, it was no different as the Capers pounded out 14 hits ”“ including three home runs ”“ to come in just above their run-scoring average, beating the Warriors 11-4 in a game between the two top teams in the WMC at the Wells softball field.

Cape improved to 15-0 on the season with the win, and will head into the postseason as the top-seed in Western Class B and the unquestioned team to beat.

Wells, which had a 10-game winning streak dating all the way back to April snapped, is 12-2, and will now need to win its two remaining games to have any chance of beating out 13-1 Lincoln Academy for the No. 2 seed.

“In this league, 15-0 means there’s obviously a lot there,” Warriors coach Kevin Fox said of Cape Elizabeth. “They’re a quality team, and they hit the ball really well. They were jacking balls today.”

Cape jumped on the Warriors right away in the first. Ashley Tinsman led off the game with a walk, and Tess Haller followed with a long home run over the left-field fence to make it 2-0 before Wells starter Lauren Bame had recorded an out.

The Capers added two more runs in the second on RBI singles by Elise Flathers and Emma O’Rourke, and then got two more in the third when Anna Goldstein ”“ Cape’s No. 9 hitter ”“ homered to left-center to make it 6-0.

“They just don’t have two or three or four hitters,” Fox said, “they have a solid nine, with a couple big bats along the way, and they keep coming at you.”

It’s a luxury that veteran Cape coach Joe Henrikson knows he’s lucky to have.

“I have 10 kids batting over .300, two kids over .400 and two kids over .500,” Henrikson said. “It’s something I’ve never seen in my life.”

But Wells can hit, too, as Jordan Agger showed in the fourth inning when she smashed a fastball from Capers starter Katie Rabasca on a line and over the fence in left to make it 6-1.

The Warriors continued the comeback by getting three more runs in the fifth, all with two outs. Stephanie Woods started the rally with a bunt hit, followed by singles from Maddie Taylor and Bame to load the bases.

Henrikson replaced Rabasca on the mound with Goldstein, but Sophie Lamb then stepped to the plate and singled to center to score two runs, with courtesy runner Hannah Moody coming all the way around from first as Cape centerfielder Mary Perkins misplayed the ball.

After an Agger walk, Wells then looked to have gotten a break to keep the rally going and load the bases as Meg Young just beat out a slow grounder to third. But with Cape first baseman Flathers in a complete split in an attempt to stretch for the throw, Lamb decided to round third and make a break for home.

The throw and tag beat Lamb and she was called out, although the ball looked to have popped out of Haller’s glove on impact. The two coaches had opposing views on exactly what happened on the play.

“The tag was there initially, but as she tagged her the ball popped out of the glove,” Fox said. “He gave the out call, and he said he never saw the ball come out. He said, ”˜I didn’t see it, I didn’t see it,’ and my point was, he shouldn’t have called out until he saw it. It is what it is.”

“From my point of view,” said Henrikson, “she caught the ball, the kid slid in and the plate was completely blocked. The runner was six to eight inches away from the plate, and it didn’t appear to me that it came out.”

After a short meeting between the two umpires, the out call was upheld, and Cape kept its 6-4 lead.

The Capers then put the game away in the sixth, scoring four times thanks to triples by Haller and O’Rourke, and then once more in the seventh on a Tinsman solo homer to make it an 11-4 final.

“It would have been interesting if we’d had that safe call at home,” Fox said. “We would have had runners on second and third with a big inning still going. That’s a pivotal play, because we would have still had momentum on our side.”

Wells will now finish its season with a trip to rival York on Monday before traveling to Lake Region on Tuesday for a makeup game.

Whether they get into the playoffs as the two or three seed, the Warriors won’t get the chance to see the Capers again until the regional final. If they get there, Fox said he wants his team to have a slightly different mindset.

“We’ve got to be up for the challenge,” he said. “We’ve got a ton of heart, but there’s times when you’re put in those situations and there’s butterflies and you get all nervous, and we forget they’re standing in the way of what we’re trying to achieve all season long.

“That needs to be replaced with a little competitive anger. If we can get that approach, we can be dangerous, because we’ve got the talent and they want it.”

— Staff Writer Cameron Dunbar can be contacted at 282-1535, ext. 323 or cdunbar@journaltribune.com.