The ThunderRidge Grizzlies will face off against the Fossil Ridge SaberCats at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. ThunderRidge has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with eight straight defeats, while Fossil Ridge will come in with five straight victories.
ThunderRidge managed to slip by Chaparral the last time these teams faced off, but didn't have those same answers this time around. The Grizzlies came up short against the Wolverines on Friday, falling 13-3. Surprisingly, this marked the Grizzlies' fifth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.
Shane Christy
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Shane Christy was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and one stolen base. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Ashton Santomo was another key player, going 3-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Fossil Ridge won against Rock Canyon on Saturday with 11 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. The SaberCats were the clear victors by an 11-2 margin over Roosevelt. Considering the SaberCats have won 11 contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Vedant Sharma looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit.
At the plate, Mason Griffin and Luc Gaca-Thiele did most of the damage at the plate: Griffin went 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base, while Gaca-Thiele went 2-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and two doubles. Another player making a difference was Matt Lang, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two runs.
Fossil Ridge kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least ten hits in five consecutive games.
Fossil Ridge's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-4. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for ThunderRidge, their loss dropped their record down to 5-14.
