The Gooding Senators will take on the Salmon Savages at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last five times Gooding and Wendell have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Tuesday. The Senators put the hurt on the Trojans with a sharp 15-8 victory. Considering the Senators have won five contests by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Kaylee Silver spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered eight runs (all of which were unearned) on seven hits and racked up 11 Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Mady Morris was a standout: she went 3-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. That triple marked the first that she hit this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaelynn Patton, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.
Gooding was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .394. They are 5-1 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Meanwhile, Salmon earned a 14-9 win over Ririe on Wednesday. The Savages haven't had any issues with the Bulldogs recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive victory against them.
Gooding pushed their record up to 6-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.2 runs over those games. As for Salmon, the win got them back to even at 1-1.
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