The West Liberty-Salem Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the West Jefferson Roughriders at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. West Liberty-Salem is coming into the match hot, having won their last 11 games.
If West Liberty-Salem beats West Jefferson with three runs on Saturday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. West Liberty-Salem won by a run and slipped past Fairbanks 3-2. That's two games straight that West Liberty-Salem has won by just one run.
Reese Oder tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, West Liberty-Salem's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Austin Olejniczak, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 12 runs the game before, West Jefferson was a bit more limited in their game on Tuesday. They lost 12-2 to Mechanicsburg. It was the first time this season that West Jefferson let down their fans at home.
West Liberty-Salem pushed their record up to 17-3 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home. As for West Jefferson, their defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 16-4.
West Liberty-Salem couldn't quite finish off West Jefferson in their previous matchup back in April and fell 5-3. Can West Liberty-Salem avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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