The North Creek Jaguars will square off against the Mount Si Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. North Creek's pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so Mount Si's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
North Creek fell victim to Eastlake and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They fell just short of the Wolves by a score of 2-0. The game snapped a strange streak: the last six times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
North Creek saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Swallom, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Mount Si, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. They never let Mercer Island get on the board and left with a 7-0 victory on Friday. That seven run margin sets a new team best for the Wildcats this season.
Beau Franks looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Taylor Davis was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (three). Another player making a difference was Jayden White, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Mount Si is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-3-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.5 runs on average over those games. As for North Creek, their loss dropped their record down to 6-4.
North Creek came out on top in a nail-biter against Mount Si in their previous meeting back in March, sneaking past 7-6. Do the Jaguars have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Wildcats turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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