Baseball Recap: Tualatin Comes Up Short

Tualatin had lost three straight at home, but on Friday they dropped their record down to 15-9-1 to make it four. They fell just short of the Lake Oswego Lakers by a score of 2-1. Surprisingly, this marked the Timberwolves' fifth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.

As for Lake Oswego, their win bumped their record up to 11-15. Surprisingly, this marked their fifth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.

For Lake Oswego's part, Rylan McClaskey spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on five hits. The Lakers are 2-1 when McClaskey allows one or fewer earned runs, but 9-14 otherwise.

On the hitting side, Lake Oswego's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Caden Gerritz, who went 1-for-2 with one double and one RBI. That double was Gerritz's first of the season.

When Tualatin and Lake Oswego next hit the field, they'll be up against teams who recently just can't seem to lose. The Timberwolves will square off against Sprague and their three-game winning streak at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Lake Oswego will try to stop Ida B. Wells' ten-game winning streak when they meet at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.