Baseball Preview: Grants Pass Cavemen vs. South Medford Panthers
The Grants Pass Cavemen will head out on the road to square off against the South Medford Panthers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Grants Pass is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Grants Pass is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 10-3 margin over South Eugene on Saturday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Meanwhile, South Medford was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell victim to a tough 11-4 loss at the hands of Willamette.
South Medford saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tristan Mallari, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, South Medford didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Willamette only tossed six.
Grants Pass' win bumped their record up to 3-6. As for South Medford, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-9.
Grants Pass skirted past South Medford 4-2 in their previous meeting back in March. The rematch might be a little tougher for Grants Pass since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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