The North Thurston Rams will head out to square off against the Gig Harbor Tides at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
North Thurston's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Silas as North Thurston made off with an 8-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for North Thurston.
Rudy Larson was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. Larson was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with two RBI and one double.
Larson wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Wyatt Albertson, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Gig Harbor made easy work of River Ridge on Wednesday and carried off a 13-2 win. The Tides have beaten the Hawks the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Hawks has come to flipping the script.
Quentin Bockhorn tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Daniel Porras, who went 2-for-4 with one home run, four runs, and five RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Mar, who went 1-for-2 with three RBI, one triple, and one stolen base.
North Thurston's record is now 2-0. As for Gig Harbor, their record now sits at an identical 2-0.
North Thurston couldn't quite finish off Gig Harbor in their previous meeting back in May of 2024 and fell 5-3. Can North Thurston avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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