The Juanita Ravens will head out to face off against the Skyline Spartans at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
It was a Battle of the Birds when Juanita challenged Issaquah on Monday. The Ravens fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 6-5.
Juanita saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Elliott Parker, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Skyline ultimately got the result they hoped for on Monday. They had just enough and edged out Eastlake 6-5. The victory was nothing new for the Spartans as they're now sitting on five straight.
Skyline also got a great performance from Abby Haapala as she struck out nine batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Haapala has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than nine strikeouts in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Elle Sexton, who went 3-for-4 with one triple, two RBI, and one double. That double marked the first that she has hit this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Julia Marquez, who went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI.
Skyline was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .394. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .310 or higher in five consecutive matchups.
Skyline pushed their record up to 16-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.8 runs over those games. As for Juanita, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-8.
Juanita suffered a grim 9-2 defeat to Skyline in their previous meeting on April 2nd. Can the Ravens avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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