The Canby Cougars will challenge the North Eugene Highlanders at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Canby is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oregon's top teams: Wilsonville, who was ranked third at the time (Canby was ranked 13th). The Cougars fell 6-2 to the Wildcats on Friday. The Cougars haven't had much luck with the Wildcats recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, North Eugene's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell just short of Eagle Point by a score of 3-2.
Aaron Spratt was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. That's the fewest hits he has allowed since back in April.
At the plate, North Eugene saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Hibler, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one double.
Canby's defeat dropped their record down to 22-5. As for North Eugene, their loss dropped their record down to 13-12.
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