The Wood River Wolverines will venture away from home to face off against the Filer Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Wood River will be strutting in after a win while Filer will be coming in after a defeat.
Wood River's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 16-0 margin over Gooding. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wolverines.
Ozzie Scherer
| 03/18/25 @ Gooding | 6 |
| 03/14/25 vs Nampa | 3 |
| 05/04/24 @ Twin Falls | 3 |
| 05/02/24 @ Canyon Ridge | 4 |
| 04/29/24 vs Twin Falls | 4 |
| 04/22/24 @ Jerome | 7 |
Ozzie Scherer and Luke Hebert made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Scherer struck out six batters over 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Hebert tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. That's the most strikeouts Scherer has posted since back in April of 2024. At bat, Scherer scored two runs while going 3-for-4, while Hebert scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-4. Hebert is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's snagged at least one every time he's taken the field this season.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Alex Golub, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. That's the most hits he has posted since back in April of 2024. Another player making a difference was Everett Carden, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Wood River was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .441. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Gooding only posted a batting average of .062.
Meanwhile, Filer lost 16-3 to Kimberly on Tuesday.
Wyatt Blass was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Aydyn Burns, who scored a run and stole Two bases.
Filer dropped their record down to 1-1 with the loss, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Wood River, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Everything went Wood River's way against Filer in their previous meeting back in April of 2022, as Wood River made off with a 9-2 victory. Will Wood River repeat their success, or does Filer have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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