The Juanita Ravens will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Mercer Island Islanders at 4:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Juanita: 3.2, Mercer Island: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Juanita's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against Garfield as Juanita made off with an 8-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Juanita.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Mercer Island ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They had just enough and edged Liberty out 5-3.
Mercer Island got a great performance from Jack Buchan as he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits.
At the plate, Mercer Island saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Neal Baron, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Juanita is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-8 record this season. As for Mercer Island, their victory ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 9-12.
Juanita came out on top in a nail-biter against Mercer Island in their previous meeting back in April, sneaking past 3-2. Does Juanita have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mercer Island turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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