The Timber Creek Wolves will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Spruce Creek Hawks at 7:00 p.m. Timber Creek will be looking to keep their nine-game home win streak alive.
Timber Creek is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They never let Flagler Palm Coast onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. That's two games straight that Timber Creek has won by just one run.
Not much got past Connor Mulready, who gave up just three hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Flagler Palm Coast off the board. Mulready has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Michael Thomas was excellent, going 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, a double, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Spruce Creek ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Bartram Trail 7-6.
Spruce Creek also got a great performance from Garrett Grant as he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits.
At the plate, Spruce Creek's win was truly a team effort as nine different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Devon Crown, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Lucas Badalato was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
Timber Creek has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season. As for Spruce Creek, their victory bumped their record up to 19-9.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Timber Creek has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Spruce Creek struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.2. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Timber Creek couldn't quite finish off Spruce Creek in their previous matchup back in April and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Grant, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over seven innings pitched. Now that Timber Creek knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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