West Liberty-Salem entered their tilt with Fairbanks with ten consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 11. They beat the Fairbanks Panthers on Friday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-2. That result was just more of the same for these two, as West Liberty-Salem also won the last time the pair played last Wednesday.
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 nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, West Liberty-Salem's victory 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.
West Liberty-Salem is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season. As for Fairbanks, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-9.
West Liberty-Salem will head out on the road to challenge West Jefferson at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. West Liberty-Salem is looking to tack on another W to their six-game streak on the road. Fairbanks does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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