Lakes had to endure a five-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Eatonville Cruisers a 3-0 shutout on Tuesday.
Lakes saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Robinson Kelleher, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Eatonville didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lakes only tossed four.
Lakes' win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 2-7-1. As for Eatonville, their defeat was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-7.
Lakes will head out on the road to challenge Spanaway Lake at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Spanaway Lake has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 6.25 runs per game on average), something Lakes will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Eatonville, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Hoquiam at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Eatonville is facing Hoquiam at the right time seeing as Hoquiam is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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