Baseball Game Preview: Skyline Grizzlies vs. Idaho Falls Tigers

By Team Reports Apr 25, 2024, 4:57am

Baseball Preview: Skyline Grizzlies vs. Idaho Falls Tigers

The Skyline Grizzlies will head out on the road to take on the Idaho Falls Tigers at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Skyline has four straight victories, Idaho Falls has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Skyline's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Idaho Falls 7-0.

Brayden Merzlock spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on five hits and racked up 11 Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.

At the plate, Skyline saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacobus Klein, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI, a triple, and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryson Schwedes, who went 2-for-3 with a triple.

Skyline is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. As for Idaho Falls, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-16.

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