Baseball Recap: Twin Falls Takes Down Ranked Burley

Bruins

Margin (Wins)

03/31/25 vs Wood River	17
03/22/25 vs Ontario	16
03/31/25 vs Wood River	14
04/12/25 @ Burley	11
04/04/25 vs Canyon Ridge	10

Twin Falls faced Burley in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. The Bruins put the hurt on the Bobcats with a sharp 13-2 victory. The Bruins might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by seven runs or more this season.

Treyson Walker looked comfortable as he pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than one earned run in six consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Twin Falls got a massive performance out of Ryker Rex, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. Those four RBI gave Rex a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Hoyt Murray, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs, one triple, and one RBI.

Twin Falls was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .600. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive games.

Twin Falls has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 14-6 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.6 runs over those games. As for Burley, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-5.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Twin Falls will host Minico at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Bruins are facing the Spartans at the right time seeing as the Spartans are stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Burley, they will challenge Marsh Valley at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Eagles' pitching crew has only allowed 1.5 runs per game this season, so the Bobcats' hitters will have their work cut out for them.