The Battle Ground Tigers will square off against the Prairie Falcons at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Battle Ground sitting on three straight wins and Prairie on six.
If Battle Ground beats Prairie with five runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. The Tigers came out on top against Evergreen by a score of 5-2 on Monday.
The scorekeeper got an easy start on Thursday as neither Prairie nor Kelso made it on the board until the sixth inning. The Falcons sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 victory over the Hilanders.
Prairie's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jake Drogos, who went 1-for-3 with one double and one RBI. Another was Nolan Nunn, who went 2-for-4 with one run and one double.
Prairie pushed their record up to 12-6 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Battle Ground, their victory bumped their record up to 12-9.
Battle Ground couldn't quite get it done against Prairie in their previous meeting back in April of 2024 as they fell 5-2. Can the Tigers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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