The Inglemoor Vikings will be playing in front of their home fans against the North Creek Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Inglemoor is out to stop a three-game streak of losses at home.
Last Friday, Inglemoor fell victim to a tough 7-1 defeat at the hands of Skyline.
Inglemoor saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jeffery Myhre, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, North Creek entered their tilt with Mount Si with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 6-2 on Friday. Six seems to be a good number for North Creek as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Ryan Moran and Kai Miller did most of the damage at the plate: Moran scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2, while Miller scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Bailey Castillo, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Inglemoor's loss dropped their record down to 6-12-1. As for North Creek, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Monday as neither team is afraid to steal. Inglemoor has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 2.7 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like North Creek struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.2. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Inglemoor came up short against North Creek in their previous meeting on April 1st, falling 4-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of North Creek's Dominic Wilson, who didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Now that Inglemoor knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
