The Fremd Vikings will head out on the road to challenge the Conant Cougars at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Fremd's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Conant's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Last Thursday, Fremd narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Elk Grove 2-1.
Meanwhile, Conant had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.1 runs), and they went ahead and made it eight on Monday. They put the hurt on the Blazers with a sharp 11-1 victory. The result was nothing new for Conant, who have now won ten contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Connor Kehoe looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run but no hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Matthew Maize, who scored three runs while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaiah Rhodes, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Fremd's record is now 11-17. As for Conant, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-7 record this season.
Fremd came up short against Conant in their previous matchup back in April, falling 6-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Conant's Bryce Loeger, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Now that Fremd knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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