The North Creek Jaguars will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Newport - Bellevue Knights at 10:00 a.m. North Creek will be looking to extend their current eight-game winning streak.
On Tuesday, it was close, but North Creek sidestepped Stadium for a 2-1 win. That's two games straight that North Creek has won by just one run.
North Creek saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bailey Castillo, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3. Castillo is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played.
Meanwhile, Newport - Bellevue faced Eastlake in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Newport - Bellevue fell just short of Eastlake by a score of 5-4. The loss continues a trend for Newport - Bellevue in their matchups with Eastlake: they've now lost nine in a row.
Jace Rainey made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBI.
Even though they lost, Newport - Bellevue didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Eastlake only tossed three.
North Creek has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season. As for Newport - Bellevue, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-8.
North Creek beat Newport - Bellevue 6-3 when the teams last played two weeks ago. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Newport - Bellevue's Brett Levy, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will North Creek still be able to contain Levy? There's only one way to find out.
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