The Tumwater Thunderbirds will take on the Shelton Highclimbers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
On Tuesday, Tumwater came up short against WF West and fell 5-1. The Thunderbirds have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Shelton didn't have quite enough to beat Black Hills on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
Gunnar Jensen was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits.
At the plate, Shelton saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jax Ward, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.
Shelton has also traveled a rocky road recently, having lost three of their last four matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 8-11 record this season. That patch can't be blamed on the team's pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for Tumwater, their loss dropped their record down to 14-6.
Tumwater took their victory against Shelton in their previous meeting two weeks ago by a conclusive 13-0 score. Will the Thunderbirds repeat their success, or do the Highclimbers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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