Baseball Game Preview: Moscow Bears vs. Sandpoint Bulldogs

By Team Reports Apr 26, 2024, 9:07am

Baseball Preview: Moscow Bears vs. Sandpoint Bulldogs

Moscow and Sandpoint are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2022, but likely not for long. The Moscow Bears will be playing at home against the Sandpoint Bulldogs at 2:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Moscow has four straight victories, Sandpoint has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Moscow is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Post Falls, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Moscow was ranked 18th). Moscow skirted past Post Falls 9-8.

Moscow got a big performance out of Tyson Izzo, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Jamison Green was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.

Meanwhile, Sandpoint suffered a tough 16-1 defeat at the hands of Lakeland on Thursday.

Moscow's win bumped their record up to 11-7. As for Sandpoint, their loss dropped their record down to 6-13.

Moscow took their victory against Sandpoint in their previous matchup on Monday by a conclusive 8-1. Will Moscow repeat their success, or does Sandpoint have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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