Softball Preview: West Linn Lions vs. Oregon City Pioneers
The West Linn Lions will head out on the road to face off against the Oregon City Pioneers at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as West Linn comes in on 13 and Oregon City on four.
West Linn will head into Monday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by seven) but on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Tualatin out 9-7. Nine seems to be a good number for West Linn as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
West Linn got a great performance from Avery Wolf as she didn't allow a single earned run over 4.1 innings pitched.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Rylee Gaustad, who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Emily Sakys was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and a double.
Meanwhile, Oregon City faced Lakeridge in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Oregon City was the clear victor by a 13-0 margin over Lakeridge. With that win, Oregon City brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Lily Riley was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 14 over six innings pitched. Riley has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances. Riley was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI.
In other batting news, Caiden Grimmer was excellent, scoring a run while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
West Linn's victory was their ninth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-1. As for Oregon City, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-2 record this season.
West Linn came out on top in a nail-biter against Oregon City in their previous meeting last Monday, sneaking past 2-0. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Riley, who struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will West Linn still be able to contain Riley? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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