Baseball Game Preview: Port Angeles Roughriders vs. Kingston Buccaneers

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Previous Games

04/29/24 - Away	6-1 W
04/26/24 - Home	13-1 W
05/01/23 - Home	4-3 W
04/27/23 - Home	12-1 W
04/28/22 - Away	3-7 L
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Port Angeles is 9-1 against Kingston since March of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Roughriders will take on the Buccaneers at 4:15 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.

Port Angeles is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Bremerton with a sharp 26-5 victory on Wednesday. Winning may never get old, but the Roughriders sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Kingston, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Olympic on Wednesday as they made off with a 9-2 win. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Buccaneers as it put an end to their six-game losing streak.

Chayton Walker spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on six hits. He has become a key player for Kingston: the team is 3-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 2-9 otherwise.

At the plate, Kingston let Izaiah Reynolds and Vaka Tameilau run wild. Reynolds went 1-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI, while Tameilau went 1-for-3 with three RBI and one stolen base. Those two runs gave Reynolds a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Kyler Hedstrom, who went 1-for-3 with three runs and one stolen base.

Kingston's win bumped their record up to 5-10. As for Port Angeles, their victory bumped their record up to 7-10-1.

Port Angeles beat Kingston 6-1 in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Do the Roughriders have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Buccaneers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.