For the second straight game, Sprague will face off against South Salem. The Olympians will be playing at home against the Saxons at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are headed into the matchup with plenty of momentum (Sprague has won seven straight at home, while South Salem won nine straight on the road), something that'll have to change.
Sprague is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oregon's top teams: South Salem, who was ranked second at the time (Sprague was ranked 17th). The Olympians fell just short of the Saxons by a score of 9-8 on Tuesday. The defeat continues a trend for the Olympians in their meetings with the Saxons: they've now lost six in a row.
For South Salem's part, the team relied heavily on Sawyer Nelson, who fired off three home runs and six RBI while going 4-for-4. Those four hits gave Nelson a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Teagan Scott, who went 2-for-3 with one home run and three runs.
They weren't the only ones working in the home run department: South Salem lost a few balls and finished the game with five home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
South Salem's victory bumped their record up to 18-0. As for Sprague, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 11-6.
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