WALES — Oak Hill didn’t swing the bats Friday like a softball team living in the past.

Or any team from coach Julie Boucher’s past, for that matter.

Pitching has been the Raiders’ calling card for years, maybe even decades. But it was a loaded lineup — with at least one hit from every starter Friday — that powered No. 3 Oak Hill past No. 6 Cape Elizabeth, 8-4, in the Western Class B quarterfinals.

“We don’t know if it’s true, but Coach says we might be the strongest lineup that she’s ever coached,” Oak Hill catcher Taylor Fillion said.

After two days of seeing Oak Hill (13-4) wield the metal, Cape (10-7) probably wouldn’t argue.

Two outs away from a potential victory before Thursday’s thunderstorms rained out the game in the fifth and wiped the scorebook clean, the Raiders simply picked up where they left off.

Oak Hill scored three runs in the first inning and three more in the third. The third, fourth and fifth hitters in the Raiders’ attack — Fillion, Lauren Hall and Kortni Michaud — each scored two runs.

RBI doubles were a recurring theme.

Michaud delivered hers in the first. Alexis Priest provided another in the third.

Hall hammered one to match in the fourth. And Alyssa Rouleau became the final Oak Hill batter to register a hit in resounding fashion, making it an 8-3 lead with her two-bagger in the fifth.

“They’re by far the best lineup I’ve ever had,” Boucher said. “We juggled a couple of things today to try to get more consecutive hits out of it.”

Becca Tucci smacked RBI singles in both the first and third innings. Katie Wood, Brianna Hodgkins and Marrissa Caskin all joined Oak Hill’s hit parade.

Cape pitchers Ally Boyington and Anna Goldstein didn’t record a single strikeout.

The Raiders’ repeated contact was sweet revenge: Cape eliminated Oak Hill from the playoffs in both 2008 and 2009.

“We wanted to play them and beat them,” Fillion said.

“Yesterday I think we came out with five runs in the first inning,” Hall said. “If anything, getting a chance to see them showed us how we needed to pitch against them.”

Working with longtime battery mate Fillion, Hall employed a philosophy of low outside, high inside.

While the Capers got nine hits and received the gift of seven Oak Hill errors, they couldn’t summon a bigger inning than two runs in the second.

Hall had five strikeouts and stranded 10 runners on base. Three of those were left lingering with the tying run on first base in the fifth, when Hall struck out Elise Flathers to escape the jam.

Boyington was 3-for-4 with an RBI for Cape. Emily Donovan and Sage Hunt each had two hits.

Oak Hill entered the game knowing that No. 7 Wells had upset No. 2 Yarmouth on the other side of the bracket. The Raiders’ second quarterfinal win in three years means they will host Wells in a semifinal at 2 p.m. today.

“I’m not sure when was the last time (Oak Hill) played back-to-back playoff games at home, if ever. It’s exciting,” Fillion said.

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