The Junction City Tigers will challenge the Gladstone Gladiators at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Junction City sitting on five straight wins and Gladstone on four.
Junction City's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-0 victory over Creswell. Those three runs were actually the fewest the Tigers have put up all season, but given the result they're probably not too concerned.
Not much got past Kaden Shafer, who gave up just four hits and racked up ten Ks to keep Creswell off the board.
On the hitting side, Junction City's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jarron Weed, who went 2-for-3 with one run. Bryson Rodriguez also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.
Meanwhile, Gladstone hadn't done well against Banks recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. The Gladiators came out on top against the Braves by a score of 10-6.
Gladstone's victory bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Junction City, their win bumped their record up to 5-0.
Junction City got the 'W' in their previous meeting back in April of 2025 against Gladstone by a conclusive 9-2 score. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Gladiators have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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