Sultan is 1-9 against King since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Turks will head out to take on the Knights at 5:00 p.m. Sultan will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Sultan took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. Everything went their way against Friday Harbor as they made off with a 13-1 victory. Considering the Turks have won four contests by more than 11 runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but King's ultimately got the result they hoped for last Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Overlake 4-3. Surprisingly, this marked the Knights' fifth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.
The team relied heavily on Nate Echebarger, who went 2-for-4 with one triple, one stolen base, and two RBI. That triple was his first of the season.
King's pushed their record up to 6-4 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Sultan, they moved to 4-8 with that victory, which also ended their four-game losing streak.
Sultan came up short against King's when the teams last played back in April of 2024, falling 6-1. Can the Turks avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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