Sherwood came tearing into Thursday's matchup with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.8 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They had just enough and edged the Northwest Jaguars out 8-6. That's two games straight that Sherwood has won by exactly two runs.
Sherwood saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Bagania, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4. Bagania has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Liam Irving, who scored a run.
Sherwood is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. As for Northwest, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-9.
Sherwood will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Quince Orchard at 12:00 p.m. As for Northwest, they will head out on the road to face off against Kennedy at 4:00 p.m. on Monday.
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