Baseball Game Preview: Sumner Spartans vs. Graham-Kapowsin Eagles

vs

Previous Games

04/15/24 - Away	4-5 L
03/21/24 - Home	11-0 W
04/12/23 - Home	14-4 W
03/20/23 - Away	16-6 W
04/22/22 - Away	10-1 W
+ 5 more games

Sumner is 9-1 against Graham-Kapowsin since April of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Spartans will host the Eagles at 4:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Sumner 3.1, Graham-Kapowsin 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Sumner barely beat Rogers the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Spartans put the hurt on the Rams with a sharp 13-5 win on Wednesday. Considering the Spartans have won seven matchups by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

Preston Coleman looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.

On the hitting side, Sumner got a massive performance out of Xander Cypher, who went 2-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. Another player making a difference was Bryce Carl, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one stolen base.

Graham-Kapowsin came out on top against Bonney Lake on Wednesday thanks in part to the team's impressive four-run sixth inning. The Eagles walked away with a 6-1 victory over the Panthers. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.

Graham-Kapowsin pushed their record up to 11-5 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Sumner, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season.