Corvallis had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They walked away with a 6-1 victory over the Central Panthers. That's more bragging rights for Corvallis, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Stefan Ortiz looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Corvallis' win was truly a team effort as eight different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Axel Prechel, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Micah Martin, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Corvallis is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season. As for Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-4.
Corvallis will head out on the road to face off against Silverton at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Corvallis is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season. As for Central, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Crescent Valley at 5:00 p.m. Crescent Valley's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so Central's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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