The Philomath Warriors will challenge the Blanchet Catholic Cavaliers at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Philomath 3.9, Blanchet Catholic 1.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Philomath is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oregon's top teams: Newport, who was ranked 14th at the time (Philomath was ranked 17th). The Warriors took a 6-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cubs last Thursday. The Warriors have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Blanchet Catholic strolled into their game on Friday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They never let Santiam Christian get on the board and left with a 7-0 win. Considering the Cavaliers have won 18 matchups by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Blanchet Catholic's victory was their 25th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 22-0. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Philomath, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-4-1.
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