Baseball Recap: Twin Falls Wins High-Profile Match Against Burley

Twin Falls faced Burley in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. The Bruins walked away with a 10-7 win over the Bobcats. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Bruins also won the last time the pair played back in April of 2024.

Nolan Lehew

Runs

04/12/25 @ Burley	2
04/04/25 vs Canyon Ridge	2
03/31/25 vs Wood River	2
03/31/25 vs Wood River	2
03/29/25 @ Capital	2
+ 9 more games

Twin Falls let Nolan Lehew and Slade Fisher run wild. Lehew went 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI, while Fisher went 1-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. Lehew is becoming a predictor of Twin Falls' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 4-6 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Cooper Thompson, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with two RBI and one double.

Twin Falls has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches. That's provided a massive bump to their 13-6 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.5 runs over those games. As for Burley, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-4.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Twin Falls beat the Bobcats by a score of 13-2 later that day.