For the second straight game, Marist will face off against Junction City. The Spartans will be playing at home against the Tigers at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Marist 3.6, Junction City 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Marist is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oregon's top teams: Junction City, who was ranked ninth at the time (Marist was ranked sixth). The Spartans came out on top against the Tigers by a score of 11-6 on Tuesday. Winning may never get old, but the Spartans sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
For Junction City's part, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dane Gibson, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
Marist's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Junction City, with the defeat, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 8-3.
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