Gladstone entered their tilt with The Dalles on Monday with six consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with seven. They walked away with a 5-1 win over the Riverhawks. Five seems to be a good number for the Gladiators as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Ashlynne Franssen
| 05/12/25 vs The Dalles | 14 |
| 05/08/25 @ Estacada | 18 |
| 05/07/25 @ Madras | 14 |
| 05/05/25 @ Crook County | 15 |
| 05/01/25 vs Crook County | 16 |
| + 15 more games |
Ashlynne Franssen was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 14 over seven innings pitched. She has been consistent for a while: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts any time she's pitched this season. She was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with two stolen bases, two doubles, and two RBI. That's the most doubles she has posted since back in April.
Franssen wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Payton Locke, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
Gladstone's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-7. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.7 runs over those games. As for The Dalles, they moved to 7-9 with that defeat, which also ended their five-game winning streak.
Coming up, Gladstone will challenge Molalla at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The Indians will aim to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last. The Dalles has already played their next matchup (against Crook County), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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