Baseball Preview: Lake Washington Kangaroos vs. Mercer Island Islanders
The Lake Washington Kangaroos will be playing in front of their home fans against the Mercer Island Islanders at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Lake Washington: 3.4, Mercer Island: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Monday, Lake Washington beat Bellevue 5-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Lake Washington.
The team relied heavily on Noah Kwon, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Aaron Kaufman, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Monday Mercer Island sidestepped Juanita for a 6-4 victory. That's two games straight that Mercer Island has won by exactly two runs.
Jaxon "Hugs" Aufranc tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over six innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on James Mangold, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Charlie Senecker, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Lake Washington's win bumped their record up to 18-4. As for Mercer Island, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-12 record this season.
Lake Washington took their victory against Mercer Island in their previous meeting two weeks ago by a conclusive 8-2. Will Lake Washington repeat their success, or does Mercer Island have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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