The Boulder Creek Jaguars will be taking part in a tournament against the Timnath Cubs at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday. Timnath took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Boulder Creek, who comes in off a win.
Boulder Creek is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Putnam City 13-2 on Tuesday. The Jaguars not only won on Tuesday, but they posted their biggest win since February 28, 2024.
Chase Lile looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. What's more, he gave up only two walks, the fewest he's had since back in March of 2024.
At the plate, Matt Bentivolio and Cooper Finn did most of the damage at the plate: Bentivolio scored a run while going 2-for-2, while Finn scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. The dominant performance also gave Bentivolio a new career-high in doubles (two). Another player making a difference was Titus Franklin, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Boulder Creek always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .571. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Timnath came up short against Holland Hall on Tuesday and fell 6-2. That's two games in a row now that the Cubs have lost by exactly four runs.
Timnath saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dane Wyman, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one stolen base and one RBI.
The win made it two in a row for Boulder Creek and bumps their season record up to 3-8. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.5 runs on average over those games. As for Timnath, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-2.
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