The Orland Trojans are taking a road trip to challenge the Corning Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Orland has five straight wins, Corning has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Wednesday, Orland beat Hamilton 10-5.
Luke Schager made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over five innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in seven consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-5. Orland is undefeated when Schager posts two or more runs, but 5-6 otherwise.
Garin Mcnary
| 04/09/25 @ Hamilton | 3 |
| 04/08/25 vs Corning | 2 |
| 03/25/25 @ University Prep | 2 |
| 03/07/25 vs Lassen | 2 |
| 04/04/25 vs Oroville | 1 |
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Garin Mcnary, who scored three runs and stole five bases while going 3-for-4. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. Dominic Pacheco also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Orland always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .537. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Corning's offense. They lost 9-0 to Orland on Tuesday.
Corning saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Casey Long, who went 1-for-3 with one double.
Orland pushed their record up to 9-6 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Corning, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10.
Orland took their victory against Corning in their previous meeting on Tuesday by a conclusive 9-0 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Trojans since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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