Baseball Preview: Inglemoor Vikings vs. Eastlake Wolves
The Inglemoor Vikings will be playing in front of their home fans against the Eastlake Wolves at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
While Inglemoor has not struggled against Issaquah recently, they managed to flip the script on Friday. Inglemoor put the hurt on Issaquah with a sharp 9-2 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Inglemoor.
Cooper Richter made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Richter has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Richter was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-2 with two RBI.
In other pitching news, Inglemoor got a great performance from Levi Stark as he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits.
Back at the plate, Kobin Mullins was incredible, going 3-for-4 with three runs and a triple. Jeffery Myhre was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Eastlake faced Newport - Bellevue in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Eastlake walked away with a 5-1 victory over Newport - Bellevue.
Jack Edmunds was incredible, going 1-for-2 with a home run and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Griffin, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Inglemoor's win bumped their record up to 4-7-1. As for Eastlake, they pushed their record up to 8-3 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Inglemoor came up short against Eastlake in their previous meeting back in March, falling 4-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Eastlake's Cody Odonnell, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over seven innings pitched. Now that Inglemoor 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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