North Creek and Newport - Bellevue are an even 4-4 against one another since March of 2018, but likely not for long. The North Creek Jaguars will be playing at home against the Newport - Bellevue Knights at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (North Creek: 2.5, Newport - Bellevue: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Monday, North Creek faced Eastlake in a battle between two of the state's top teams. North Creek fell 4-1 to Eastlake. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs North Creek has scored all season.
North Creek saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Moran, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Newport - Bellevue is still undefeated this season after their contest against Issaquah on Monday, but Issaquah came as close as anyone has to beating them. Newport - Bellevue came out on top in a nail-biter against Issaquah and snuck past 4-2.
Dante Santulli was a major factor no matter where he played. He tossed four innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. Santulli was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a home run.
In other pitching news, Brett Levy looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (he also didn't allow any walks).
This is the second loss in a row for North Creek and nudges their season record down to 4-2. As for Newport - Bellevue, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
North Creek came out on top in a nail-biter against Newport - Bellevue in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, sneaking past 2-0. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Newport - Bellevue's Milton Ginsberg, who struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits (and not a single walk). Now that he won't be playing on Wednesday, will it be that much easier for North Creek to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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