The North Medford Black Tornado will square off against the Grants Pass Cavemen at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (North Medford 3.8, Grants Pass 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Grants Pass will be up against a hot North Medford squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. The Black Tornado never let South Eugene get on the board and left with a 10-0 win on Tuesday. The contest marked the Black Tornado's most dominant victory of the season.
Ben Morgan
| 04/15/25 @ South Eugene | 3 |
| 03/26/25 vs Aloha | 2 |
| 04/12/25 @ Sheldon | 1 |
| 04/05/25 vs Bend | 1 |
| 03/24/25 @ Century | 1 |
North Medford let Ben Morgan and Brady Pattersen run wild. Morgan got on base in all three of his plate appearances with three RBI, one triple, and one run, while Pattersen scored three runs while going 3-for-4. Those three RBI gave Morgan a new career-high. Macen Baker was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
North Medford always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .594. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Grants Pass unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost 9-2 to South Medford.
North Medford pushed their record up to 9-3 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.0 runs over those games. As for Grants Pass, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 7-3.
North Medford skirted past Grants Pass 4-3 in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. Do the Black Tornado have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Cavemen turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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