Pendleton is on a ten-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while La Grande is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Buckaroos will host the Tigers at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Pendleton 1.5, La Grande 4.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Pendleton is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oregon's top teams: Scappoose, who was ranked 11th at the time (Pendleton was ranked tenth). The Buckaroos fell just short of the Indians by a score of 6-5 on Tuesday. The loss was the Buckaroos' first of the season.
Fans were treated to a battle of the Tigers on Friday. La Grande was the clear victor by a 16-1 margin over Ontario. La Grande might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matchups by seven runs or more this season.
La Grande let Peyton Daggett and Joselynn Dodds run wild. Daggett went 1-for-2 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs, while Dodds got on base in all three of her plate appearances with three stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI. Those two RBI gave Dodds a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Paige Allen, who got on base in two of her three plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
La Grande always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .692. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Ontario only posted an OBP of .182.
La Grande's win bumped their record up to 14-0. As for Pendleton, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 10-1.
Everything went Pendleton's way against La Grande in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, as Pendleton made off with a 13-6 victory. Will the Buckaroos repeat their success, or do the Tigers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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