Baseball Recap: Tahoma Makes It Three in a Row at Home

Bears

Previous 3 Games (Home)

04/17/26 vs Mercer Island	6-2
04/16/26 vs Kentwood	11-0
04/08/26 vs Mt. Rainier	3-1

Tahoma had won three straight at home, but on Friday they bumped up to 11-1 to make it four. They walked away with a 6-2 victory over the Mercer Island Islanders. For the Bears, this counts as revenge for the 5-3 win the Islanders walked away with the last time they faced one another back in April of 2025.

Grayson Turnbow and Trey Davies did most of the damage at the plate: Turnbow went 1-for-2 with three stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI, while Davies got on base in all three of his plate appearances with two stolen bases and two runs. Lucas Post also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.

As for Mercer Island, with the loss, they broke their eight-game winning streak and moved their record to 11-4. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, they couldn't push the score so high this time.

On Mercer Island's side, they got a good showing from Will Turba, who struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and five unearned) runs off two hits. Turba has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Mercer Island saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaxon Hugs Aufranc, who went 1-for-3 with one triple, one run, and one RBI.

Coming up, Tahoma will head out on the road to square off against Kentwood at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Mercer Island, they will host Seattle Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.