Todd Beamer’s softball team is hoping they got their worst game of the season out of the way early after being trounced 19-3 by Woodinville on Friday.

The game was called after five innings due to the 10-run mercy rule.

Beamer and Woodinville have become familiar with each other over the past few seasons. Not only have the met in the regular season regularly, the Falcons have eliminated the Titans from the state playoffs the past two seasons.

It was a sloppy game for the Titans defensively. They committed six errors in the game, most of them in the infield.

“We didn’t play the defense that we know that we can play,” Beamer head coach Brian Hering said. “We haven’t been able to get on the field a lot because of the rain. Our infield wasn’t as strong as we’re going to be. I know we’re going to be a lot better than we were today.”

Woodinville jumped on Beamer early, getting out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning behind three hits, two walks and an error.

That lead would grow to 7-0 by the end of the second inning.

Beamer’s best inning of the day was the third, both offensively and defensively. They held the Falcons to just one run in the top of the inning, which came after two outfielders collided for an error, allowing the first batter to reach base. A single resulted in that run being brought home, but that was all Woodinville could manage.

Trailing 8-0 going into the bottom of the inning, the Titans finally were able to get on the board. Sophie Afework brought Kenzie Palmer home for the first run on a play where she reached base on an error.

Morgan Vance also picked up an RBI in the inning, but two Titans were left on base in the end, keeping the Woodinville lead at 8-2.

Woodinville quickly piled onto their lead in the fourth inning. Taylor Rhinehart’s two-run home run to center field opened the scoring for the Falcons in the fourth.

Seven more runs crossed the plate in the inning, giving Woodinville a 17-2 lead.

Beamer was only able to add one more run on a Jordan Hering double in the bottom of the fourth, while the Falcons scored twice more in the fifth inning.

Woodinville’s Lauryn Rhinehart pitched a complete game, allowing six hits, three runs and walking only one batter. She also had seven strikeouts.

Woodinville finished with 14 hits as a team. Taylor Rhinehart also had a double to go along with her home run.

Beamer’s Palmer was 2-2 on the day and scored two runs. She also drew a walk.

Jourdin Hering finished 2-3 with two doubles, a run and an RBI.

Both Palmer and Alex Haven spent time on the mound for the Titans.

“Offensively, we put the ball in play, so we’re going to be OK that way,” Hering said. “We knew we were going to take a step back after losing a number one starter last year in pitching, but we’ll be OK. We’re still a strong team and we’ll be near the top. Obviously that’s a perennial state team that we just faced. We just gotta take a lesson from what we learned and know what our weaknesses are and take advantage of that.”

The Titans are replacing five seniors from last season’s state tournament team, including standout pitcher Maddie Rogers, who graduated last year and is now pitching for the Colorado School of Mines.

Beamer fell to 1-1 with the loss to Woodinville. They defeated Curtis 9-2 in their season opener on March 17.

They beat Kentlake 13-3 on Tuesday and lost 12-6 to Kentridge on Wednesday.

The Titans (2-2, 1-1) are scheduled to face Kentwood (1-1, 1-0) today at 4 p.m. at Kentwood High School.