Baseball Preview: Quilcene Rangers vs. Sound Christian Lions
Quilcene is 6-1 against Sound Christian since March of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Quilcene Rangers will look to defend their home field against the Sound Christian Lions at 4:00 p.m.
After soaring to 13 runs the game before, Quilcene was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 13-2 walloping at the hands of Crosspoint. Quilcene has not had much luck with Crosspoint recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Meanwhile, Sound Christian put their dominant pitcher on display in the team's third consecutive shutout on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Evergreen Lutheran a 5-0 shutout.
Kellen Weedon made a splash while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 13 over seven innings pitched. Weedon has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts every time he's pitched this season. Weedon was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Robert Bonomo, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Moses Stiver, who went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI.
Quilcene's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-2. As for Sound Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
Quilcene beat Sound Christian 3-0 in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Will Quilcene repeat their success, or does Sound Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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