Baseball Preview: Mercer Island Islanders vs. Bellevue Wolverines
Mercer Island is 10-0 against Bellevue since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Mercer Island Islanders will head out on the road to face off against the Bellevue Wolverines at 4:30 p.m. The last six games Mercer Island has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Mercer Island will face Bellevue after dropping another heartbreaker against Liberty on Wednesday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 2.1 2.1 runs of beating them. Mercer Island fell just short of Liberty by a score of 4-3. That's two games in a row now that Mercer Island has lost by just one run.
Quincy Tintle was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Mercer Island saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was James Mangold, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Bellevue came up short against Lake Washington on Wednesday and fell 10-7.
Ellis Oeltjen made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Cal Zimmerman, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Mercer Island's record is now 6-9. As for Bellevue, their record is now 7-9.
Mercer Island took their victory against Bellevue in their previous matchup back in March by a conclusive 7-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mercer Island since the squad 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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