The Seattle Prep Panthers will face off against the Ingraham Rams at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Seattle Prep 3.9, Ingraham 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Seattle Prep's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Wednesday. They walked away with a 5-0 victory over Ballard. That's two games straight that the Panthers have won by exactly five runs.
Meanwhile, Ingraham was able to grind out a solid win over Franklin on Wednesday, taking the game 4-1. The victory continues a trend for the Rams in their matchups with the Quakers: they've now won four in a row.
Blake Stauff got the start for Ingraham and what a start it was: he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over 4.1 innings pitched. Stauff has become a key player for the Rams: the team is undefeated when he allows at most one hit, but 9-10 otherwise.
At the plate, Brandon Kwon was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, one run, and one double. Ingraham is undefeated when Kwon posts two or more stolen bases, but 9-10 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryce Campbell, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.
Ingraham's win bumped their record up to 12-10. As for Seattle Prep, their victory bumped their record up to 12-9.
Seattle Prep couldn't quite get it done against Ingraham when the teams last played back in March as they fell 7-3. Can the Panthers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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