Baseball Recap: Minico Spartans vs. Mountain Home Tigers
Minico's game in Tuesday's first game was a tough loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them in Tuesday's second game. Everything went their way against the Mountain Home Tigers as the Minico Spartans made off with a 10-4 win. The high-scoring effort was just what Minico needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Braxon Trenkle looked comfortable as he pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (he also only allowed one walk). He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Jayden McKenzie, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and a double. Paxton Twiss was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
On Mountain Home's side, Hunter Dallas made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Minico has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season. As for Mountain Home, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-7.
Minico will play host again in Friday's first game to welcome Pocatello, where first pitch is scheduled at 3:00 p.m. Pocatello has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 8.38 runs per game on average), something Minico will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Mountain Home, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Jerome at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Mountain Home has given up an average of 8.2 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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