Baseball Preview: Umatilla Vikings vs. Burns Hilanders
Umatilla has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Burns Hilanders at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. Umatilla will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Last Tuesday, everything went Umatilla's way against Riverside as Umatilla made off with a 12-6 victory.
R.J. Estrada made a splash while hitting and pitching. He pitched 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Estrada has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive pitching appearances. Estrada was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Brian Younger-Morris, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Burns fell victim to a rough 11-1 defeat at the hands of La Grande on Tuesday. Burns has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Burns saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Trask Lardy, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Umatilla's win bumped their record up to 4-7. As for Burns, their loss dropped their record down to 3-8.
Umatilla suffered a grim 17-7 defeat to Burns in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Will Umatilla have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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