Baseball Preview: Timberlake Tigers vs. St. Maries Lumberjacks
Timberlake is 8-2 against St. Maries since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Timberlake Tigers will be playing at home against the St. Maries Lumberjacks at 3:00 p.m. Timberlake's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so St. Maries' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Last Thursday, Timberlake came up short against Sandpoint and fell 8-3. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Timberlake in their matchups with Sandpoint: they've now lost six in a row.
Timberlake saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Grant Allaway, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, St. Maries had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They never let the Wildcats onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory.
Not much got past Wyatt Holmes, who gave up just three hits and racked up 11 Ks to keep Kellogg off the board. Holmes has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Gabe Long was excellent, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and a stolen base.
Timberlake's loss dropped their record down to 6-6-1. As for St. Maries, their win bumped their record up to 9-5-1.
Timberlake took their victory against St. Maries in their previous matchup back in March by a conclusive 13-0. Will Timberlake repeat their success, or does St. Maries have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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