The North Creek Jaguars will head out on the road to square off against the Redmond Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (North Creek has six straight wins, Redmond has 19 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
North Creek will head into Wednesday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the ten-point they dealt Bothell on Wednesday. North Creek never let Bothell onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory.
North Creek got a great performance from Dominic Wilson as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over five innings pitched. Wilson has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Brady Miller was a standout: he scored a run and stole two bases while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Jacob Moyer, who scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Redmond fell victim to Inglemoor and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 6-0 walloping at the hands of the Vikings.
Redmond saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lance Burt, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
North Creek has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season. As for Redmond, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-19.
North Creek skirted past Redmond 2-1 in their previous meeting on April 5th. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Redmond's Hiroshi Johnson, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over five innings pitched. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will North Creek still be able to contain Johnson? There's only one way to find out.
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