Baseball Preview: Nestucca Bobcats vs. Portland Christian Royals
The Nestucca Bobcats will head out on the road to square off against the Portland Christian Royals at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Nestucca has eight straight victories, Portland Christian has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Nestucca can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Portland Christian a 10-0 shutout.
Eli Love made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over five innings pitched. Love was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Jace Jensen and Zac Collins did most of the damage at the plate: Jensen went 1-for-1 with a triple, a run, and an RBI, while Collins scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Nestucca pushed their record up to 11-5 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Portland Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-12-1.
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