Juanita splits week of conference games | Prep baseball
Published 11:08 am Wednesday, April 20, 2011
In four tough conferences games this week, the Juanita Rebels split their results, winning two and losing two.
On Tuesday, the team lost 9-6 to Mercer Island at the Islanders home field. Sean Barlow had three RBI during the game and a home run for the Rebels, while J.J. Caldwell was 3-4 against the Islanders with two runs and an RBI.
The next afternoon, traveling to Bellevue, the Rebels lost 5-1 to the Wolverines. Bellevue had an early 2-0 lead at the end of the first, but Juanita contained their opponent for two innings, before the Wolverines added three runs to the score. Juanita earned it’s lone run of the night in the top of the seventh.
On Friday, April 15 the Rebels beat Interlake 2-1 in extra innings. The Rebels got an early 1-0 lead in the first, but then Interlake tied the game in the third and the two squad battled it out until Juanita scored their second run of the night in the 11th inning. Juanita had two runs with nine hits and an error.
During the game Caldwell was 2-4 with an RBI and Gebe was 3-5 at the plate.
On Monday, April 18 against Liberty, Juanita won 9-8. Gebe was 2-2 at the plate, with three runs and a double, while Jyran McNairy had a double and a triple and Derek Kaufman had a home run, along with Barlow.
Lake Washington slips to Bellevue, Mount Si
Lake Washington blasted past Interlake last week, before dropping two games in KingCo play.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Kangs beat Interlake with a 10-0 victory.
Against the Saints, Lake Washington got two in the first, followed by four in the third for a 5-0 lead. The score quickly expanded with two runs in the bottoms of the fifth and sixth innings. The Kangs had 13 hits and no errors in the game.
Theo Alexander was 2-4 during the game, with a double, while Bob Cruikshank was also 2-4 with four RBI and two doubles. Zach Johnson was 2-4 with two doubles and Nick Johnson was 1-3 with two RBI and a double.
Against Mount Si on April 15, Lake Washington lost 2-1.
Neither team was able to round the bases during the first three innings, but Mount Si capitalized in the fourth with their only run of the game. The Kangs answered in the sixth to tie the game 1-1 before the Wildcats got the final run of the game in the seventh. Lake Washington had five hits, while Mount Si had three.
The Kangs Bob Cruikshank was 1-3 during the game with a home run.
Monday, April 18 the Kangs lost 3-0 to Bellevue. The Wolverines had a run in the first, third and sixth, while keeping the Kangs from scoring or hitting all night.
