Baseball Preview: Shepherd Bluejays vs. Beaverton Beavers
The Shepherd Bluejays will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Beaverton Beavers at 4:00 p.m. The last four games Shepherd has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
On Tuesday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Shepherd had to settle for a 6-5 defeat against Pinconning. Shepherd has not had much luck with Pinconning recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Shepherd saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Easton VanAlstine, who went 1-for-4 with two RBI and a double. Another player making a difference was Bryce Smith, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Beaverton can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Farwell a 16-0 shutout. Beaverton's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Shepherd's loss dropped their record down to 7-6. As for Beaverton, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 7-2-1.
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