Baseball Preview: Priest River Spartans vs. St. Maries Lumberjacks
Priest River is 0-8 against St. Maries since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit in Saturday's first game. The Priest River Spartans will be playing in front of their home fans against the St. Maries Lumberjacks at 2:00 p.m.
Sadly, Priest River is still looking for their first win of the season after ten contests. Their tough 31-3 defeat to Kellogg on Tuesday might stick with them for a while.
Priest River saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyson Troudt, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, St. Maries has not done well against Bonners Ferry recently (they were 0-6 in their previous six matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. St. Maries walked away with a 7-4 win over Bonners Ferry. The victory was just what St. Maries needed coming off of a 10-4 loss in their prior game.
Wyatt Holmes made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing six innings while giving up four earned runs off nine hits. Holmes has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Holmes was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 4-for-4.
Priest River's defeat dropped their record down to 0-10. As for St. Maries, they now have a winning record of 6-5-1.
Priest River suffered a grim 20-0 defeat to St. Maries in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of St. Maries' Brock Anderson, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. Now that Priest River knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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