The Parkrose Broncos will take on the McNary Celtics at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Parkrose will be strutting in after a victory while McNary will be coming in after a defeat.
McNary will be up against a hot Parkrose squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. The Broncos sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with an 8-6 win over Gresham on Monday. That's two games straight that the Broncos have won by exactly two runs.
Chaz Johnson was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Joaquin Degroot, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, McNary came up short against Lincoln on Tuesday and fell 4-1. The Celtics have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Lucas Allen spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and two unearned) runs on two hits and racked up eight Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, McNary saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Xavier Gonzalez, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Gonzalez also put up a double, which was his first of the season.
Parkrose pushed their record up to 5-3 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for McNary, their loss dropped their record down to 3-8.
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