With a playoff game on the line, Puyallup rose to the challenge on Saturday. They never let the Newport - Bellevue Knights onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. Puyallup might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 13 matchups by six runs or more this season.
Mason Pike made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over six innings pitched. Pike has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Pike was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Brayden Landry and Tristan Ringrose did most of the damage at the plate: Landry scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Ringrose scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Jackson Copeland, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
On Newport - Bellevue's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dante Santulli, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Puyallup is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season. As for Newport - Bellevue, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 15-11.
Puyallup has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Newport at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Puyallup is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season. Newport - Bellevue does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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