Baseball Preview: Tamalpais Red Tailed Hawks vs. Redwood Giants
Tamalpais and Redwood are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The Tamalpais Red Tailed Hawks will head out on the road to challenge the Redwood Giants at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Tamalpais: 4.1, Redwood: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Tuesday, Tamalpais fell victim to a rough 9-2 defeat at the hands of Redwood. Tamalpais has not had much luck with Redwood recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Tamalpais saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was James Bonneau, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Even though they lost, Tamalpais didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Tamalpais' loss dropped their record down to 10-7-1. As for Redwood, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 16-2.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Tamalpais has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Redwood struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.2. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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