The Mount Si Wildcats will face off against the Newport - Bellevue Knights at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The timing is sure in Mount Si's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while Newport - Bellevue has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.
It was a proper cat-fight when Mount Si took on North Creek on Monday. The Wildcats fell just short of the Jaguars by a score of 2-1. The match marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Jimmy Pratapas was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched. Pratapas was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one triple.
Pratapas wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Flores, who went 1-for-2 with one double. That double marked the first that Flores hit this season.
Newport - Bellevue had taken Woodinville down for two straight games at home, but that winning streak came to an end on Monday. The Knights lost 11-2 to the Falcons.
Mount Si's loss dropped their record down to 7-4-1. As for Newport - Bellevue, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-9-1.
Newport - Bellevue's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Wednesday. Mount Si has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.1 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Newport - Bellevue, though, as they've been averaging only 3.3 strikeouts. Will Mount Si keep running through batters, or will the Knights buck the trend? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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