The Pendleton Buckaroos will head out on the road to challenge the Burns Hilanders at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Pendleton sitting on nine straight wins and Burns on 12.
Pendleton is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oregon's top teams: La Grande, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Pendleton was ranked tenth). Everything went Pendleton's way against La Grande on Friday as Pendleton made off with a 13-3 victory. Pendleton might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won ten matches by eight runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Burns gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Nyssa a 9-0 shutout.
Pendleton's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-3. As for Burns, their win bumped their record up to 13-2.
Pendleton came out on top in a nail-biter against Burns in their previous meeting back in March, sneaking past 4-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pendleton since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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