Baseball Preview: Tahoma Bears vs. Kentridge Chargers
Tahoma is 8-2 against Kentridge since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Tahoma Bears will head out on the road to challenge the Kentridge Chargers at 3:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Tahoma: 3.8, Kentridge: 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Kentridge is hoping to do on Thursday what Federal Way couldn't on Monday: put an end to Tahoma's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Tahoma sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-5 victory over Federal Way. Seven seems to be a good number for Tahoma as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The team relied heavily on Beckett Turnbow, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Nate Kimmel, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Kentridge, who bounced back after a tough loss on the road on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Decatur on Monday and snuck past 5-4.
Dominic Desmarais looked comfortable as he pitched 3.2 innings while giving up no earned run off five hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Rylan Gullard, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Ethan Sugimoto was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Tahoma has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Kentridge, their victory bumped their record up to 11-4.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Thursday as neither team is afraid to steal. Tahoma has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.2 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Kentridge struggles in that department as they've been averaging 2.9. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Tahoma took their win against Kentridge when the teams last played back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 11-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Tahoma since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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