Baseball Game Preview: Sherwood Bowmen vs. Forest Grove Vikings

For the second straight game, Sherwood will face off against Forest Grove. The Bowmen will head out on the road to square off against the Vikings at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Sherwood's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Forest Grove's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

On Wednesday, Sherwood had just enough and edged out Forest Grove 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bowmen.

Alex Lopez spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on six hits and racked up ten Ks.

At the plate, Sherwood saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kolby Stevenson, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double. Those two RBI gave Stevenson a new career-high.

Sherwood pushed their record up to 11-3 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Forest Grove, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-6.