Baseball Preview: Mercer Island Islanders vs. Lake Washington Kangaroos
The Mercer Island Islanders will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against the Lake Washington Kangaroos at 7:00 p.m. Mercer Island will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Last Monday, Mercer Island narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Juanita 6-4. That's two games straight that Mercer Island has won by exactly two runs.
Mercer Island got a great performance from Jaxon "Hugs" Aufranc as he didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched. Aufranc has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, James Mangold was excellent, scoring two runs while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Charlie Senecker, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Lake Washington beat Bellevue 5-2 on Monday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Lake Washington.
Noah Kwon was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Aaron Kaufman, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Mercer Island has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-12 record this season. As for Lake Washington, their victory bumped their record up to 18-4.
Mercer Island suffered a grim 8-2 defeat to Lake Washington in their previous matchup two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lake Washington's Shane Johnson, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Now that Mercer Island 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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