On Friday, Eastlake faced Newport - Bellevue in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Eastlake Wolves walked away with a 5-1 win over the Newport - Bellevue Knights. That's more bragging rights for Eastlake, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
The team relied heavily on Jack Edmunds, who went 1-for-2 with a home run and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Tyler Griffin, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
On Newport - Bellevue's side, they got a good showing from Brett Levy, who tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks).
On the hitting side, Newport - Bellevue saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Yuma Noda, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Eastlake pushed their record up to 8-3 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Newport - Bellevue, their loss dropped their record down to 9-2.
Eastlake will head out on the road to challenge Inglemoor at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Eastlake's pitching crew has only allowed 1.8 runs per game this season, so Inglemoor's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Newport - Bellevue, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Redmond at 5:00 p.m. Newport - Bellevue is facing Redmond at the right time seeing as Redmond is stuck on a 12-game losing streak.
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