The Chewelah Cougars will challenge the Medical Lake Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Chewelah is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Chewelah's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victors by a 22-0 margin over Reardan. Considering the Cougars have won seven games by more than nine runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Grady Skok was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out six over five innings pitched. Skok was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-5.
In other batting news, Chewelah got a massive performance out of Luke McGuire, who scored four runs while getting on base in all six of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Miles Krausz, who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Medical Lake came up short against Freeman on Saturday and fell 12-7. The Cardinals have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Clint Zimmerman was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Chewelah pushed their record up to 10-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 16.0 runs over those games. As for Medical Lake, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-5.
Chewelah took their win against Medical Lake in their previous meeting back in April of 2019 by a conclusive 11-4 score. Do the Cougars have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Cardinals turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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