The Chelan Mountain Goats will venture away from home to square off against the Tonasket Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Chelan has struggled recently with six defeats in a row, while Tonasket will arrive with eight straight wins.
Chelan came up short against Cle Elum-Roslyn on Saturday, falling 15-2.
Meanwhile, Tonasket made easy work of La Conner last Saturday and carried off a 22-3 victory. Fans of the Tigers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 6+ runs.
Joy Spangler made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Spangler was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing five bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Those five stolen bases gave her a new career-high.
In other batting news, Jordyn O'Connor was incredible, firing off three stolen bases, five runs, and four doubles while going 4-for-4. She has been hot for a while, having posted at least one stolen base the last nine times she's played. Violet Chrastina was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Tonasket was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .438. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher every time they've taken the field this season.
Tonasket pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.4 runs on average over those games. As for Chelan, their loss dropped their record down to 2-8.
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