The Fruitland Grizzlies are on the road again on Friday to play the Sugar-Salem Diggers at 4:00 p.m. Fruitland is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.6 runs per game this season.
Fruitland is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They walked away with a 7-3 win over Timberlake.
Nate Grosvenor and Titus Vidlak did most of the damage at the plate: Grosvenor went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double, while Vidlak scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Jace Mordhorst, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Sugar-Salem entered their tilt with South Fremont with 14 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 15. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Cougars on Wednesday and snuck past 7-5.
Fruitland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. As for Sugar-Salem, they pushed their record up to 19-4 with that victory, which was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season.
Fruitland suffered a grim 11-4 defeat to Sugar-Salem in their previous matchup back in March. Can Fruitland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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