The Forest Grove Vikings will challenge the Glencoe Crimson Tide at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Forest Grove 2.8, Glencoe 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Glencoe will be up against a hot Forest Grove squad: the team just extended their winning streak to four. The Vikings were the clear victors by an 11-1 margin over Liberty on Wednesday. Considering the Vikings have won seven games by more than six runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Glencoe narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Century 4-2. The victory continues a trend for the Crimson Tide in their matchups with the Jaguars: they've now won six in a row.
Lexi Brester spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on three hits.
On the hitting side, Glencoe saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Makena Petrick, who went 1-for-4 with one triple. That triple marked the first that Petrick has hit this season.
Forest Grove pushed their record up to 13-5 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Glencoe, their win bumped their record up to 14-5.
Forest Grove came out on top in a nail-biter against Glencoe in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, sneaking past 5-4. Will the Vikings repeat their success, or do the Crimson Tide have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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