North Marion is 2-8 against Cascade since May of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The North Marion Huskies will head out on the road to face off against the Cascade Cougars at 4:30 p.m.
North Marion is is headed into Wednesday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Wednesday. They fell 10-6 to Stayton.
Meanwhile, Cascade had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9 runs), and they went ahead and made it nine on Monday. Everything went their way against the Warriors as they made off with a 16-1 victory. Considering Cascade has won 11 games by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Lizzie Hedges made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Hedges was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Cascade let Malia Scanlan and Amyah Miranda loose on the outfield. Scanlan went 2-for-3 with a home run, five RBI, and two runs, while Miranda got on base in all three of her plate appearances with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Kaitlyn Webb, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
North Marion's loss dropped their record down to 1-10. As for Cascade, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-2.
North Marion came up short against Cascade when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 9-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cascade's Jaelyn Lowry, who struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up four earned runs off five hits. Now that North Marion knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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