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Mounties Open California Trip with Split

Lincoln, Calif.- The Eastern Oregon Mountaineers (6-1) traveled to California to tackle a six game weekend to finish off the preseason. Starting off the weekend was a defensive battle against the Hope International Royals(5-1). Both teams went scoreless for six innings until the Royals found a rhythm to take game one 7-0. In their second game the Mounties faced The Jessup University Knights (7-5) to take a 5-3 win after a comeback win off hot bats from multiple Mounties. Next up, the Mounties will face the Royals Saturday, February 18th at 12 pm, and then following that will be another match up against the Jessup University Warriors at 4 pm.

GAME 1 vs Hope International
The Mounties and The Hope International Royals battled it out defensively for six scoreless innings. The Mounties were able to limit the Royals to just one hit until the seventh inning. Kaylie Hoskins picked up where she left off, putting up double digits again for strikeouts. A big seventh inning for the Royals was just enough to put them up 7-0 over the Mounties to take game one. Hannah Tyree went 2-3 on the day, grabbing a double, but it wasn't enough to put the Mounties on the board. Royals Pitcher Allie Puente put up 13 strikeouts to help secure the win.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
  • 7 - The Mounties were scoreless for seven innings
  • 1 - This is the first loss for the Mounties
  • 39 - Kaylie Hoskins now totals 39 strikeouts 
STANDOUT PERFORMANCES  
GAME 2 vs Jessup University
The Mounties went down two in the day's second game. For the Warriors, Lexi Watson started the game with an inside the park home run to jump start the momentum. That was until a Haley Tyree triple brought Truh Merriman in to close the gap at the top of the fifth. A wild pitch then brought in Haley Tyree to tie it up. They had a big seventh inning to come back on top and take game two of the day 5-3 against the Jessup University Warriors. Lockdown defense and RBI's from Haley Tyree and Maddy Stateler secured the win for the Mounties to finish the day 1-1.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
  • 3 - The Mounties grabbed 3 runs in the top of the seventh to secure the win
  • 4 - The Mounties held the Warriors scoreless for four innings
  • 12 - The Mounties totaled 12 hits to start their weekend
STANDOUT PERFORMANCES

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