Baseball Preview: Rocky Mountain Grizzlies vs. Owyhee Storm
Rocky Mountain has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the Owyhee Storm at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Rocky Mountain is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
Rocky Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Mountain View, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Rocky Mountain was ranked sixth). Rocky Mountain came out on top against Mountain View by a score of 4-1 on Tuesday.
Lincoln Mathis spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on five hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Rocky Mountain's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jackson Wendt, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Meanwhile, Owyhee waltzed into their match on Tuesday with 13 straight wins... but they left with 14. Everything went their way against the Lions as they made off with a 10-0 win. The result was nothing new for Owyhee, who have now won 11 games by six runs or more so far this season.
Owyhee also got a great performance from Kaleb Doty as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Nathan Keith was incredible, scoring three runs while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Drew Schumacher, who went 2-for-2 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Rocky Mountain is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 17-7 record this season. As for Owyhee, their record now sits at 20-2.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Rocky Mountain has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.2 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Owyhee struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.9. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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