Lions
| 05/07/25 vs Pendleton | 3 |
| 05/05/25 vs Scappoose | 2 |
| 05/01/25 @ Scappoose | 4 |
| 04/29/25 @ Tillamook | 16 |
| 04/24/25 vs Tillamook | 8 |
| + 14 more games |
The St. Helens Lions will take on the Wilsonville Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Helens is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.9 runs per game this season.
St. Helens is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oregon's top teams: Pendleton, who was ranked tenth at the time (St. Helens was ranked fifth). The Lions fell just short of the Buckaroos by a score of 5-3 on Wednesday. The Lions' defeat signaled the end of their 12-game winning streak.
Eme Curaming spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned (and two unearned) runs on four hits and racked up six Ks.
At the plate, St. Helens saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Halli Heys, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI and one double. Addy Ellis was another, going 2-for-3 with one run.
Meanwhile, Wilsonville entered their tilt with Putnam on Tuesday with six consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with seven. They came out on top against the Kingsmen by a score of 6-3.
Wilsonville pushed their record up to 13-7 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.7 runs over those games. As for St. Helens, their loss dropped their record down to 17-2.
St. Helens might still be hurting after the 7-0 defeat they got from Wilsonville when the teams last played back in May of 2022. Can the Lions avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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