The Nevada Union Miners will head out on the road to face off against the Twelve Bridges Raging Rhinos at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Nevada Union is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season.
Nevada Union put the finishing touches on their third blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Leroy Greene Academy with a sharp 12-0 win. While fans of Nevada Union might be used to big wins, the 12-run margin marked the team's biggest victory yet this season.
Jack Bryan and Isaac Arnerich did most of the damage at the plate: Bryan scored three runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-4, while Arnerich went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Calvin Rhoden, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Twelve Bridges was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They fell just short of Sutter by a score of 2-1.
Matt Henry was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit.
On the hitting side, Twelve Bridges saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jameson Barnes, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Nevada Union's win bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Twelve Bridges, their loss dropped their record down to 2-8.
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