Baseball Preview: Napa Grizzlies vs. Wheatland Pirates
The Napa Grizzlies will square off against the Wheatland Pirates at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Napa is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses.
Napa will head into Thursday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a 16-point loss in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Justin-Siena on Thursday. Napa narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Justin-Siena 5-3.
Trent Adams spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on six hits and racked up six Ks.
At the plate, Logan Draper was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. Collin Taylor was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Wheatland put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. Everything went their way against Bear River as Wheatland made off with an 11-1 victory. Wheatland's win was all the more impressive since Bear River was averaging only 2.47 runs allowed on the season.
Joshua Rivera was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Adrian Villar, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Napa's victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-12. As for Wheatland, their record is now 13-7.
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