Baseball Recap: Tigard triumphant thanks to a strong effort from Luke Fulkerson

By Team Reports May 1, 2024, 11:59pm

Baseball Recap: Tigard Tigers vs. Oregon City Pioneers

Tigard had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They won by a run and slipped past the Oregon City Pioneers 4-3. That's more bragging rights for Tigard, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Luke Fulkerson tossed a big game, striking out six batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits.

At the plate, Alex Pearson was excellent, going 2-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.

Tigard is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 10-12 record this season. As for Oregon City, they are on an 11-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-16.

Tigard will have a chance to go back-to-back against Oregon City: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.

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