Baseball Preview: Colville Crimson Hawks vs. Medical Lake Cardinals
Colville is 8-2 against Medical Lake since May of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Colville Crimson Hawks will head out on the road to square off against the Medical Lake Cardinals at 12:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Colville took a loss when they played away from home last Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Freeman out 6-5.
Kyle Bradfield was a major factor no matter where he played. He pitched six innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off ten hits. Bradfield has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Bradfield was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jet Bateman, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
Meanwhile, Medical Lake narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Newport 4-3. The win made it back-to-back victories for Medical Lake.
Medical Lake saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Roberts, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Zack Boyd, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Colville is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-11 record this season. As for Medical Lake, they now have a winning record of 11-10.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Saturday as neither team is afraid to steal. Colville has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.8 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Medical Lake struggles in that department as they've been averaging 2.8. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Colville couldn't quite finish off Medical Lake in their previous matchup back in March and fell 6-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Medical Lake's AJ Michaud, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over 6.2 innings pitched. Now that Colville 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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