Baseball Preview: Foothill Cougars vs. Las Plumas Thunderbirds
The Foothill Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Las Plumas Thunderbirds at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Foothill will be strutting in after a win while Las Plumas will be coming in after a loss.
Having struggled with eight defeats in a row, Foothill finally turned things around against Shasta on Thursday. Foothill skirted past Shasta 3-1.
Tyler Zahniser and Matthew Darrow did most of the damage at the plate: Zahniser scored two runs while going 2-for-3, while Darrow scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Las Plumas was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Orland by a score of 3-2.
Las Plumas saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Richie Weir, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Foothill's victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 13-11-1. As for Las Plumas, their defeat dropped their record down to 18-9.
Foothill skirted past Las Plumas 4-3 in their previous matchup back in February. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Las Plumas' Bryan Houghton, who struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits (and only one walk). Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Foothill still be able to contain Houghton? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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