Baseball Game Preview: McMinnville Grizzlies vs. Forest Grove Vikings

For the second straight game, McMinnville will face off against Forest Grove. The Grizzlies will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Vikings at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (McMinnville has three straight victories, Forest Grove has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

McMinnville's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Forest Grove with a sharp 11-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Grizzlies, who have now won eight games by six runs or more so far this season.

McMinnville's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-4. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.3 runs over those games. As for Forest Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 9-9.