The College Place Hawks will head out on the road to take on the Montesano Bulldogs at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
College Place will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Saturday, then bounced right back against Kiona-Benton on Saturday. College Place was the clear victor by a 15-5 margin over Kiona-Benton.
Meanwhile, Montesano had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Thursday. They blew past the Grizzlies 15-1.
Kaitlyn Trail tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Montesano got a massive performance out of Kylee Wisdom, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and four RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Riley Timmons, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
College Place is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for Montesano, their victory was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 13-3.
College Place couldn't quite finish off Montesano when the teams last played back in May of 2019 and fell 3-1. Thankfully for College Place, Lindsay Pace (who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 14 over seven innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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