Kangaroos
| 05/01/25 @ Woodinville | 14 |
| 04/09/25 @ Skyline | 13 |
| 04/19/25 @ Auburn | 11 |
| 04/18/25 vs Newport - Bellevue | 11 |
| 04/21/25 @ Mount Si | 10 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lake Washington). They blew past the Woodinville Falcons 14-2 on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Kangaroos, who have now won eight games by seven runs or more so far this season.
Lake Washington got a great performance from Mason Smithwick as he pitched 4.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. What's more, Smithwick posted five strikeouts, the most he's had since back in May of 2024.
On the hitting side, Kane Nishikawa and Noah Kwon did most of the damage at the plate: Nishikawa went 3-for-4 with four RBI, two doubles, and one run, while Kwon got on base in four of his five plate appearances with four runs and one triple. Those two doubles gave Nishikawa a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Will Cooley, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one triple, two RBI, and one double.
Lake Washington was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .419. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Woodinville only posted a batting average of .167.
Lake Washington is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Woodinville, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-10.
As of now, neither Lake Washington nor the Falcons have any future games scheduled.
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