Baseball Preview: Wood River Wolverines vs. Canyon Ridge Riverhawks
The Wood River Wolverines will be playing at home against the Canyon Ridge Riverhawks at 12:00 p.m. on Monday. Wood River is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
In Friday's second game, Wood River came up short against Burley and fell 11-7.
Luke Hebert made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with two runs and a triple. Another player making a difference was Ozzie Scherer, who went 2-for-3 with a triple and a run.
Even though they lost, Wood River didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Burley only tossed seven.
Meanwhile, Canyon Ridge put the finishing touches on their third blowout victory of the season on Friday. Everything went their way against Twin Falls as Canyon Ridge made off with an 11-3 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Canyon Ridge considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Connor Capps made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out eight batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. Capps has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Capps was also big at the plate, going 3-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and a double.
In other batting news, Chandler Roberson was excellent, going 3-for-4 with two RBI. Kennan Huettig was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-4.
Wood River's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-8. As for Canyon Ridge, their win bumped their record up to 4-5.
Wood River suffered a grim 11-5 defeat to Canyon Ridge in their previous meeting on Tuesday. Will Wood River have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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