Baseball Preview: Kentwood Conquerors vs. West Seattle
The Kentwood Conquerors will be playing at home against West Seattle at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Kentwood put the finishing touches on their third blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Decatur with a sharp 11-1 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Kentwood considering their one-run performance the contest before.
Kasen Landry spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on six hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Jack Coleman and Jackson Dulay did most of the damage at the plate: Coleman went 1-for-2 with two RBI and a double, while Dulay went 2-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI. Jake Sauceda was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, West Seattle had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Wednesday. They skirted past the Crusaders 5-4.
Kentwood's victory bumped their record up to 5-3. As for West Seattle, their win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-2.
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