Baseball Recap: Tahoma Bears vs. Bonney Lake Panthers
It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Tahoma ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Bonney Lake Panthers 3-2. The victory was just what Tahoma needed coming off of a 12-5 defeat in their prior contest.
Tahoma saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Trey Davies, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Beckett Turnbow, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
On Bonney Lake's side, Gavin Thunstrom was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out ten batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Thunstrom has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Ryan Cannady made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Tahoma has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. As for Bonney Lake, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-3.
Tahoma will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Kentwood at 7:00 p.m. Tahoma's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Kentwood's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Bonney Lake, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Stadium at 4:00 p.m. on April 16th.
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