Moses Lake is 8-2 against Eastmont since March of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Moses Lake Mavericks will be playing at home against the Eastmont Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a five-game winning streak alive.
If Moses Lake beats Eastmont with five runs on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Moses Lake narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past West Valley 5-3.
Meanwhile, Eastmont won against Sunnyside on Friday with two runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. Eastmont's pitchers stepped up to hand Sunnyside a 2-0 shutout.
Eastmont got a great performance from Bodie Yale as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over 5.1 innings pitched. Yale has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Valente Barrios was incredible, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-3.
Moses Lake's victory bumped their record up to 12-5. As for Eastmont, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season.
Moses Lake couldn't quite finish off Eastmont in their previous meeting back in April and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Yale, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Now that Moses Lake knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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