Silas waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They skirted past the Bonney Lake Panthers 7-5. This was payback for Silas, who suffered a 2-1 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Silas saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Phillips, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Nathan Shouse, who went 1-for-3 with four RBI.
On Bonney Lake's side, Gavin Thunstrom was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over 4.2 innings while giving up three earned (and four unearned) runs off four hits.
At the plate, Evan Hellner was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Silas has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Bonney Lake, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-6.
Silas will have a chance to go back-to-back against Bonney Lake: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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