Baseball Preview: Tamalpais Red Tailed Hawks vs. Redwood Giants
Tamalpais and Redwood are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2021, but likely not for long. The Tamalpais Red Tailed Hawks will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against the Redwood Giants at 5:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Tamalpais' pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They came out on top against Windsor by a score of 3-0.
Not much got past Eli Solem, who gave up just one hit and racked up eight Ks to keep Windsor off the board. Solem has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Tito Fierstein, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Devin Curtis, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Redwood waltzed into their contest on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Mustangs and snuck past 6-5.
Rex Solle made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up three earned runs off only one hit. Solle was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Solle wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Theo Trono, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
The win got Tamalpais back to even at 12-12. As for Redwood, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-3 record this season.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Tamalpais has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Redwood struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Tamalpais came up short against Redwood in their previous matchup back in April, falling 5-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Solle, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Now that Tamalpais knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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