Baseball Preview: Tualatin Timberwolves vs. Lake Oswego Lakers
The Tualatin Timberwolves will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lake Oswego Lakers at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Tualatin: 4.1, Lake Oswego: 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Tualatin is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oregon's top teams: Lake Oswego, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Tualatin was ranked tenth). Tualatin took an 8-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lake Oswego on Tuesday. Tualatin's loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
For Lake Oswego's part, Elliott Wear spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered four earned (and one unearned) runs on six hits. Wear has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Lake Oswego's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Caden Gerritz, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Tualatin's defeat dropped their record down to 13-7. As for Lake Oswego, their win bumped their record up to 15-6.
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