THE RECORDS
Linfield enters the series with a .500 win percentage at 12-12 overall. The Wildcats are tied for fourth place in the Northwest Conference at 8-7. Willamette is 13-12 on the season and sits in third place at 10-8 in NWC play.
 
LINFIELD AT A GLANCE
The Wildcats are coming off a 5-3 road win against George Fox on Tuesday. Branden Pasion went 2 for 5 in the game with three RBI while Brett Joner also picked up two hits. Grant Knox threw four innings en route to his first win of the season while Colton Meyer secured his third save.
 
Pasion is batting .305 with 25 hits, 16 runs and 12 RBI. Daniel Kahn leads the Wildcats with a .310 batting average and eight doubles while Tanner Jacques has a team-leading 32 hits, 20 runs and 20 RBI to go with a pair of home runs. Jackson Koons is 2-3 on the mound with a 2.16 ERA. Meyer and Andrew Del Biaggio lead the staff with 33 strikeouts apiece. Meyer is 3-0 with three saves in 11 appearances.
 
WILLAMETTE AT A GLANCE
The Bearcats are looking to snap a four-game losing streak. They own a .283 team batting average to go with a 6.31 ERA. Luke Werkmeister-Martin leads the team with a .368 batting average, 39 hits and 23 runs to go with 20 RBI. Ethan Fischel has driven in 28 RBI to lead the Bearcats, which includes six home runs. Eric Waldichuk is 3-1 on the mound with a 2.83 ERA in seven starts. Justin Miller owns a 4.95 ERA and leads the team with 41 strikeouts.
 
THE SERIES
Linfield and Willamette have met 196 times. The Wildcats won 122 of those games. There was one tie in the series back in 1980. Linfield is 44-36 in Salem, but Willamette has won six of the last eight meetings. The Wildcats went 2-6 against the Bearcats in 2021, winning the last two meetings of the season in McMinnville.