Baseball Preview: Eastlake Wolves vs. Redmond Mustangs
Eastlake is 8-2 against Redmond since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Eastlake Wolves will head out on the road to challenge the Redmond Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. Eastlake's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so Redmond's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Eastlake is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Washington's top teams: North Creek, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Eastlake was ranked sixth). Eastlake fell just short of North Creek by a score of 4-3 on Monday. Eastlake's loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Thomas Wood made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Chung, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, sadly, Redmond is still looking for their first win of the season after 15 contests. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 13-2 walloping at the hands of Skyline on Monday.
Eastlake's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-4. As for Redmond, their loss dropped their record down to 0-15.
Eastlake was able to grind out a solid win over Redmond when the teams last played back in March, winning 3-0. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Redmond's Chase Lawson, who struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up three earned runs off only two hits (and only one walk). Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Eastlake still be able to contain Lawson? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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