The South Salem Saxons will square off against the West Linn Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
West Linn will be up against a hot South Salem team: the squad just extended their winning streak to seven. The Saxons blew past Mountain View 13-2 on Saturday.
Luke Erwin
| 04/05/25 @ Mountain View | 10 |
| 03/30/24 vs Wilsonville | 9 |
| 03/27/25 @ Orland | 8 |
| 05/07/24 vs West Salem | 8 |
| 05/13/24 vs South Eugene | 6 |
Luke Erwin tossed a big game, striking out ten batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Those ten strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Kevin Semm, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3. What's more, he posted two RBI, the most he's had since back in May of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Gavin Price, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-5.
South Salem kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits every time they've taken the field this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask West Linn). They put the hurt on Ida B. Wells with a sharp 16-6 win on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Lions.
South Salem pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The team's perfect season has a lot to do with their hitting performance: the team's won by an average of 10.4 runs thus far. As for West Linn, their win bumped their record up to 5-2.
South Salem came out on top in a nail-biter against West Linn when the teams last played back in May of 2019, sneaking past 7-6. Do the Saxons have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Lions turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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