The Sherwood Bowmen will face off against the Liberty Falcons at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sherwood has six straight wins, Liberty has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Sherwood is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oregon's top teams: Forest Grove, who was ranked 19th at the time (Sherwood was ranked second). The Bowmen never let the Vikings get on the board and left with a 1-0 victory on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Bowmen have posted since March 25th.
The result came thanks to Presley Sarono-Ramos's shutout, as she gave up just four hits and racked up 11 Ks.
At the plate, Sherwood saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Daisha Cornwell, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Liberty's offense. They lost 7-0 to Newberg on Tuesday.
Sherwood's victory was their tenth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-2. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Liberty, their loss dropped their record down to 6-12.
Sherwood took their victory against Liberty in their previous matchup two weeks ago by a conclusive 21-3 score. Do the Bowmen have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Falcons turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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