The South Salem Saxons have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Mountain View Cougars at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (South Salem: 2, Mountain View: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
South Salem put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They never let Roseburg onto the board and left with a 13-0 victory.
South Salem got a great performance from Carter Nelson as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Nelson has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings every time he's pitched this season.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Teagan Scott, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Noah Scharer, who scored two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Mountain View's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Barlow by a score of 4-2.
South Salem's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-0. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.6 runs per game. As for Mountain View, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-2.
South Salem came up short against Mountain View in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, falling 8-4. Can South Salem avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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