On Tuesday, Thunder Mountain faced Juneau-Douglas in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Thunder Mountain Falcons had just enough and edged the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears out 10-9. That's two games straight that Thunder Mountain has won by just one run.
For Juneau-Douglas' part, Brynn Wheeler was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was June Troxel, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Thunder Mountain has been performing well recently as they've won 17 of their last 20 games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-6 record this season. As for Juneau-Douglas, they dropped their record down to 9-11 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Thunder Mountain will challenge Sitka at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Sitka: 3.6, Thunder Mountain: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. Juneau-Douglas does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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