Hermiston is on a four-game streak of home losses, and Walla Walla a three-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Saturday. The Hermiston Bulldogs will look to defend their home pitch against the Walla Walla Blue Devils at 2:00 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
On Thursday, Hermiston came up short against Kennewick and fell 3-1. While losing is never fun, Hermiston can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington soccer rankings (they are ranked 201st, while Kennewick are ranked 71st).
Meanwhile, Walla Walla managed to keep up with Richland until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Blue Devils lost 4-1 to the Bombers.
Walla Walla's defeat dropped their record down to 2-10. As for Hermiston, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
Hermiston came out on top in a nail-biter against Walla Walla in their previous matchup back in March, sneaking past 2-1. Do the Bulldogs have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Blue Devils turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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