Baseball Recap: Bear River Bears vs. Mountain Crest Mustangs
Bear River entered their tilt with Mountain Crest with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. Everything went their way against the Mountain Crest Mustangs on Wednesday as they made off with a 12-2 victory. This was payback for Bear River, who suffered a 15-5 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Degan Rigby made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits (and only one walk). Rigby has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Rigby was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with an RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Gehrig Marble, who went 4-for-4 with seven RBI, a triple, and a run. Another player making a difference was Holden Potter, who scored four runs while going 2-for-3.
Bear River's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-3. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.2 runs per game. As for Mountain Crest, their loss dropped their record down to 5-4.
Bear River will have a chance to go back-to-back against Mountain Crest: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
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