The Newport - Bellevue Knights will head out on the road to square off against the Skyline Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Newport - Bellevue: 2.8, Skyline: 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Newport - Bellevue's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Mount Si and snuck past 2-0.
Dante Santulli was excellent, going 2-for-2 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Skyline faced Eastlake in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. Skyline had just enough and edged Eastlake out 3-2. The victory was nothing new for Skyline as they're now sitting on four straight.
Skyline also got a great performance from Manu Bhat as he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits.
At the plate, Braden Bartholomae was excellent, going 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.
Newport - Bellevue's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 13-6. As for Skyline, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season.
Newport - Bellevue came out on top in a nail-biter against Skyline in their previous meeting on April 3rd, sneaking past 2-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Skyline's Michael Grimmer, who struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits (and not a single walk). Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Newport - Bellevue still be able to contain Grimmer? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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