Baseball Preview: Woodcreek Timberwolves vs. Granite Bay Grizzlies
Woodcreek and Granite Bay are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Woodcreek Timberwolves will take on the Granite Bay Grizzlies at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Woodcreek is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past West Park 3-2. Three seems to be a good number for Woodcreek as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Mason Ferris spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on five hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Dylan Green, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases. The team also got some help courtesy of Conner Barth, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Thursday Granite Bay sidestepped Jesuit for a 3-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Granite Bay.
Granite Bay also got a great performance from Jack Ghufran as he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk). Ghufran has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Jace Bystrowski was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Woodcreek is on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 19 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season. As for Granite Bay, their win bumped their record up to an identical 21-9.
Woodcreek came out on top in a nail-biter against Granite Bay when the teams last played back in March, sneaking past 4-3. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Granite Bay's Peter Caldera, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Woodcreek still be able to contain Caldera? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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