The Tigard Tigers will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the West Salem Titans at 5:00 p.m. West Salem took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Tigard, who comes in off a win.
Tigard is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oregon's top teams: Tualatin, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Tigard was ranked 24th). Tigard walked away with a 6-3 win over Tualatin on Friday. Six seems to be a good number for Tigard as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Trenton Hertzog spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three runs (all of which were unearned) on five hits and racked up ten Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Tigard's win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Alex Pearson, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, West Salem was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 16th straight loss. They lost 23-1 to West Linn.
Tigard is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-13 record this season. As for West Salem, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-20.
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