Softball Preview: La Pine Hawks vs. Pleasant Hill Billies
La Pine is 2-8 against Pleasant Hill since May of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The La Pine Hawks will look to defend their home field against the Pleasant Hill Billies at 4:30 p.m. One thing working in La Pine's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last four matchups.
La Pine will head into Friday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by ten) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Sisters 14-12.
Layla White was incredible, going 4-for-4 with a home run, eight RBI, and two runs. She is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last three games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of August Walker, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks at the plate in their last three matches, Pleasant Hill finally came back down to earth two weeks ago. They fell just short of Harrisburg by a score of 3-1. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Pleasant Hill has scored all season.
La Pine has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5-1 record this season. As for Pleasant Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-2.
La Pine suffered a grim 21-1 defeat to Pleasant Hill when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can La Pine avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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