The Cashmere Bulldogs will head out on the road to face off against the Kiona-Benton Bears at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Cashmere has six straight victories, Kiona-Benton has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Tuesday, Cashmere made easy work of Wahluke and carried off a 24-2 win. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by six runs or more this season.
Rylan Hatmaker was a standout: he went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, three RBI, and one triple. Another player making a difference was Jake Peterson, who went 2-for-4 with three runs, one double, and one RBI.
Cashmere was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .538. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .345 or higher in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Kiona-Benton didn't have quite enough to beat Naches Valley on Tuesday and fell 6-5.
Cashmere pushed their record up to 15-4 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Kiona-Benton, their loss dropped their record down to 5-15-1.
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