Baseball Preview: Tualatin Timberwolves vs. Lake Oswego Lakers
The Tualatin Timberwolves will head out on the road to challenge the Lake Oswego Lakers at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Tualatin's pitching crew has only allowed 4.1 runs per game this season, so Lake Oswego's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Friday, Tualatin came up short against Tigard and fell 6-3. Tualatin has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Lake Oswego won against Lakeridge on Wednesday with 12 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. Lake Oswego blew past Lakeridge 12-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for Lake Oswego.
Lake Oswego got a great performance from Rylan McClaskey as he tossed six innings while giving up three earned runs off six hits.
On the hitting side, Conor Croteau was a standout: he scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Karsten Krebs was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with three RBI, a triple, and a run.
Tualatin's loss dropped their record down to 14-10. As for Lake Oswego, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season.
Tualatin couldn't quite finish off Lake Oswego when the teams last played last Wednesday and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lake Oswego's Harrison Smith, who didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Now that Tualatin 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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