The Marist Spartans will be playing at home against the North Bend Bulldogs at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Marist's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Cottage Grove 7-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Marist.
Niko Leyba and Gianni Lombardi made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Leyba struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). Meanwhile, Lombardi struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). At bat, Leyba went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBI, while Lombardi scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
In other pitching news, Drew Wooten looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Cash Andrus, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Stephen Riley was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, North Bend entered their tilt with North Salem with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Vikings on Friday as they made off with a 10-0 win.
Marist's victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-7-1. As for North Bend, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 7-5-1 record this season.
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