Baseball Game Preview: Tigard Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 1, 2024, 2:40am

Baseball Preview: Tigard Tigers vs. Oregon City Pioneers

Tigard is 9-1 against Oregon City since March of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Tigard Tigers will be playing at home against the Oregon City Pioneers at 5:00 p.m.

On Tuesday, everything went Tigard's way against Oregon City as Tigard made off with a 10-2 win. That looming 10-2 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for Tigard yet this season.

Zach Jaeger was a major factor no matter where he played. He tossed seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits. Jaeger has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Jaeger was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with two RBI.

In other batting news, Jake Feist and Alex Pearson did most of the damage at the plate: Feist scored four runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1, while Pearson went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Trenton Hertzog, who went 1-for-3 with two runs and a triple.

Tigard's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-12. As for Oregon City, they are on a ten-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-15.

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