Gooding and Buhl are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2022, but likely not for long. The Gooding Senators will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Buhl Indians at 5:00 p.m. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Gooding lost 8-2 to Kimberly on Friday.
Zander Gonzales was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-2 with a triple, a run, and a double.
Meanwhile, Buhl was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Kimberly by a score of 5-3.
Buhl saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jayme Ramos, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Gooding has traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-12 record this season. As for Buhl, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-11-1.
Buhl's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Gooding hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .329. It's a different story for Buhl, though, as they've only averaged .241. Will they be able to contain Gooding's hitters?
Gooding was able to grind out a solid win over Buhl in their previous meeting back in April, winning 3-0. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Buhl's Porter Higley, who struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Gooding still be able to contain Higley? There's only one way to find out.
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