The Sugar-Salem Diggers will head out on the road to challenge the Malad Dragons at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Sugar-Salem has given up an average of 8.9 runs per game this season, but Tuesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Sugar-Salem is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Mountain Home on Saturday. They lost 12-2 to the Tigers.
Meanwhile, Malad entered their tilt with Ogden on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Tigers a 13-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Dragons have won by exactly 13 runs.
Kurt Ward made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. Ward was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and one double. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Easton Green, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three stolen bases and three runs. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 1.1 stolen bases per game. Brayden Arnout also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen bases of the season.
Malad was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .409. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .355 or higher in three consecutive contests.
Malad's record now sits at 5-2. As for Sugar-Salem, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost three of their last four games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 3-4 record this season.
Sugar-Salem suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Malad when the teams last played back in April of 2018. Can the Diggers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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