Edmonds-Woodway is 8-2 against Mountlake Terrace since April of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Edmonds-Woodway Warriors have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Mountlake Terrace Hawks at 4:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Edmonds-Woodway: 2.1, Mountlake Terrace: 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
If Edmonds-Woodway beats Mountlake Terrace with eight runs on Saturday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Edmonds-Woodway came out on top against Monroe by a score of 8-4 on Tuesday.
Grafton Marshall-Inman tossed a big game, tossing six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Diego Escandon, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Cruz Escandon, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Mountlake Terrace came tearing into Tuesday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1.7 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They had just enough and edged the Eagles out 3-2. That's two games straight that Mountlake Terrace has won by just one run.
Dayton Nickolson looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
At the plate, Matthew Meadows was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. Talan Zenk was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-4.
Edmonds-Woodway is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4-1 record this season. As for Mountlake Terrace, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-4.
Edmonds-Woodway skirted past Mountlake Terrace 1-0 in their previous matchup back in April. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Mountlake Terrace's Braeden Swan, who tossed seven innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Edmonds-Woodway still be able to contain Swan? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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