The Kamiakin Braves will challenge the Mead Panthers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Kamiakin will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.
Kamiakin's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top against Pendleton by a score of 4-0.
The scorekeeper got an easy start on Tuesday as neither Mead nor Central Valley made it on the board until the fifth inning. The Panthers skirted past the Bears 3-2. The Panthers haven't had any issues with the Bears recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive win against them.
Max Brischle looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Mead's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Carson Patton, who went 1-for-3 with one double. That double was Patton's first of the season.
Kamiakin pushed their record up to 19-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for Mead, their win bumped their record up to 4-16.
Kamiakin took their victory against Mead when the teams last played back in March of 2016 by a conclusive 15-5 score. Will the Braves repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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