Tualatin is preparing for their first league matchup of the season on Tuesday. They will host the Lakeridge Pacers at 5:00 p.m. Tualatin's pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so Lakeridge's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Tualatin is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oregon's top teams: Jesuit, who was ranked 13th at the time (Tualatin was ranked 16th). The Timberwolves' pitchers stepped up to hand the Crusaders an 11-0 shutout on Friday. The Timberwolves might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Lakeridge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost a 2-1 heartbreaker at the hands of Sprague.
Tualatin is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-2-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Lakeridge, their loss dropped their record down to 4-7.
Tualatin was able to grind out a solid win over Lakeridge in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, winning 6-2. Do the Timberwolves have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Pacers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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