South Medford has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Willamette Wolverines at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Neither South Medford nor Willamette posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Willamette's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Saturday: South Medford had not allowed a single run the last three times they've hit the field. South Medford sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-0 win over North Medford on Tuesday.
Not much got past Evan Rhoden, who gave up just one hit and racked up seven Ks to keep North Medford off the board. Rhoden has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, South Medford saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tristan Mallari, who went 3-for-3 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Willamette was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell just short of Roseburg by a score of 4-2.
South Medford pushed their record up to 8-15 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Willamette, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-7.
South Medford suffered a grim 11-4 defeat to Willamette in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Willamette's Myles Cox, who didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Now that South Medford knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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