The Corvallis Blue Devils will venture away from home to face off against the Beaverhead County Beavers at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Corvallis has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with nine straight losses, while Beaverhead County will come in with four straight wins.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for Corvallis' offense. They came up short against Stevensville on Tuesday, falling 14-0. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, the Blue Devils' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Beaverhead County let Butte Central Catholic stack four runs on them in the sixth inning on Wednesday but luckily Beaverhead County prevailed anyway. The Beavers narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Maroons 8-7. While the Beavers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 1-4), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Kaitlyn Konen was a standout: she went 2-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and one double. That double marked the first that she has hit this season. Tyler Gibson was another key player, going 2-for-3 with one home run and two runs.
Beaverhead County's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-1. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.2 runs over those games. As for Corvallis, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
Corvallis suffered a grim 16-0 defeat to Beaverhead County in their previous meeting last Tuesday. Can the Blue Devils avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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