The North Creek Jaguars will venture away from home to take on the Woodinville Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. North Creek's pitching crew has only allowed three runs per game this season, so Woodinville's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Wednesday, North Creek didn't have quite enough to beat Lake Washington and fell 3-1.
Meanwhile, it was a Battle of the Birds when Woodinville duked it out with Juanita on Thursday. The Falcons fell 9-5 to the Ravens.
Connor Hennessy was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and two runs. Woodinville is 4-1 when Hennessy posts two or more runs, but 5-7 otherwise. Noah Vaiphei was another key player, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run and one RBI.
Woodinville's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-8. As for North Creek, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-6.
North Creek came out on top in a nail-biter against Woodinville when the teams last played back in March, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Jaguars since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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