Byron is 2-8 against Oregon since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Tigers will host the Hawks at 4:30 p.m.
Byron is headed into Monday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game dating back to last season on Saturday. They fell 8-3 to Pearl City. That's two games in a row now that the Tigers have lost by exactly five runs.
Meanwhile, Oregon entered their tilt with Forreston on Saturday with three consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with four. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Cardinals a 6-0 shutout. The Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine games by six runs or more this season.
Brooke Halverson made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. Those six strikeouts gave her a new career-high. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one triple, one run, and one RBI. That triple marked the first that she has hit this season.
Halverson wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Ella Dannhorn, who went 1-for-4 with two stolen bases and one run. Dannhorn has been hot recently, having posted two or more stolen bases the last four times she's played. Alexi Czochara (2026) was another, going 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.
Oregon pushed their record up to 11-4 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Byron, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Byron came up short against Oregon in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, falling 9-4. Can the Tigers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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