South Salem and West Salem are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The South Salem Saxons will head out on the road to challenge the West Salem Titans at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with South Salem sitting on three straight victories and West Salem on ten.
If South Salem beats West Salem with two runs on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. South Salem won by a run and slipped past McNary 2-1. That's two games straight that South Salem has won by just one run.
Meanwhile, West Salem can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by an 11-1 margin over Sprague.
Braeli Martin spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on three hits and racked up 11 Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in 14 consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Mya Ward, who fired off two home runs, three runs, and three RBI while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Kali Parks, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI.
South Salem's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-8. As for West Salem, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 17 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
South Salem suffered a grim 10-1 defeat to West Salem in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Martin, who struck out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits (and not a single walk). Now that South Salem knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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