The Kittitas Coyotes will challenge the Napavine Tigers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Kittitas sitting on five straight victories and Napavine on eight.
Kittitas barely beat Tonasket the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Coyotes' pitchers stepped up to hand the Tigers a 15-0 shutout on Wednesday. Considering the Coyotes have won five games by more than six runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Napavine ultimately got the result they hoped for on Monday. They beat Rainier by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 4-1. The home team had taken home the W every time these teams have met since April 26, 2024, but that streak is no more.
Kittitas pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.6 runs over those games. As for Napavine, their win bumped their record up to 8-0.
Kittitas suffered a grim 19-8 defeat to Napavine when the teams last played back in April of 2022. Can the Coyotes avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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