Mammoth is 0-10 against Bishop Union since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Mammoth Huskies have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Bishop Union Broncos at 3:15 p.m. Mammoth is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
Last Tuesday, Mammoth suffered a rough 13-4 loss at the hands of Kern Valley.
Mathew Toomey put in work while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off one hit (and only one walk). Toomey has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Toomey was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with two triples, two runs, and an RBI.
Toomey wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Mason Georgeson, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Bishop Union waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with nine straight wins... but they left with ten. They blew past the Falcons 18-3. Considering Bishop Union has won eight games by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Mammoth's defeat dropped their record down to 8-8. As for Bishop Union, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-2-1.
Mammoth might still be hurting after the 16-6 loss they got from Bishop Union in their previous meeting on April 2nd. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bishop Union's Will Kemp, who didn't allow a single hit, only one earned run while striking out six over four innings pitched. Now that Mammoth 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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