Baseball Game Preview: Kentlake Falcons vs. Kent-Meridian Royals

For the second straight game, Kentlake will face off against Kent-Meridian. The Falcons will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Royals at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Kentlake has seven straight victories, Kent-Meridian has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Kentlake is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Kent-Meridian a 26-0 shutout on Friday. Considering the Falcons have won six matches by more than eight runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Noah Adams and Christopher Moore were major factors no matter where they played. On the mound, Adams tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Moore pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. At bat, Adams went 3-for-4 with four stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI, while Moore got on base in four of his six plate appearances with three RBI and two runs. Adams has become a key player for Kentlake: the team is 7-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 3-4-1 otherwise.

Lincoln Moore

Stolen Base (Career)

04/25/25 @ Kent-Meridian	3
04/07/25 @ Jefferson	2
04/04/25 @ Tahoma	2
04/03/25 @ Tahoma	2
03/12/25 vs Kentridge	2

In other batting news, Lincoln Moore was incredible, getting on base in four of his six plate appearances with three stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI. Those three stolen bases gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Juan Hernandez, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI, two runs, and one double.

Kentlake was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in seven consecutive games.

Kentlake pushed their record up to 10-5-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Kent-Meridian, their loss dropped their record down to 3-12.