The Timberline Blazers will head out on the road to face off against the Curtis Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither Timberline nor Curtis posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
On Wednesday, Timberline came up short against North Thurston and fell 5-1. Timberline has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Marcus Olson was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off six hits. Olson has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Olson was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Olson wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Mathis, who went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Curtis has not done well against Puyallup recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Curtis came out on top against Puyallup by a score of 2-1 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
Timberline's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-7. As for Curtis, the victory got them back to even at 9-9.
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