Softball Preview: Oregon City Pioneers vs. West Linn Lions
Oregon City is on a six-game streak of home wins, while West Linn is on a nine-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Oregon City Pioneers will take on the West Linn Lions at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Oregon City: 0.9, West Linn: 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
In what's become a running theme this season, Oregon City gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Lakeridge a 13-0 shutout. Give Oregon City's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Lily Riley made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She kept 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, the team relied heavily on Caiden Grimmer, who scored a run while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, West Linn won against Tigard on Friday with nine runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Monday. West Linn sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 9-7 win over Tualatin.
Avery Wolf tossed a big game, not allowing 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. The team also got some help courtesy of Emily Sakys, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and a double.
Oregon City has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-2 record this season. As for West Linn, their victory bumped their record up to 16-1.
Oregon City couldn't quite finish off West Linn in their previous matchup last Monday and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Wolf, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over seven innings pitched. Now that Oregon City knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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