Malad has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Bear Lake Bears at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Monday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Malad had to settle for a 4-3 defeat against Wendell. Malad has not had much luck with Wendell recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Brycen Howe spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and two unearned) runs on seven hits and racked up ten Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Malad saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dawson Peterson, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, sadly, Bear Lake is still looking for their first win of the season after eight matches. They fell just short of American Falls by a score of 13-12 on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (ten), Bear Lake still had to take the loss.
Malad's loss dropped their record down to 10-7. As for Bear Lake, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Malad took their win against Bear Lake in their previous meeting two weeks ago by a conclusive 10-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Malad since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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