The West Jefferson Roughriders will be playing at home against the West Liberty-Salem Tigers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (West Jefferson: 2.9, West Liberty-Salem: 1.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
West Jefferson is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Mechanicsburg just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost 12-2 to the Indians. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, West Jefferson couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, West Liberty-Salem won against Fairbanks on Wednesday with three runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. West Liberty-Salem came out on top in a nail-biter against Fairbanks and snuck past 3-2. The victory was familiar territory for West Liberty-Salem who now have 11 in a row.
Reese Oder tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, West Liberty-Salem's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Austin Olejniczak, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
West Jefferson's loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 16-4. As for West Liberty-Salem, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season.
West Jefferson skirted past West Liberty-Salem 5-3 in their previous matchup back in April. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was West Liberty-Salem's Eli Allen, who struck out seven batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will West Jefferson still be able to contain Allen? There's only one way to find out.
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