The Skyline Grizzlies will head out on the road to face off against the Bonneville Bees at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Skyline is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.
On Tuesday, Skyline beat Shelley 8-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Skyline.
Jacobus Klein made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. Klein has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Klein was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Isaac Galbreaith, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-2. Truman Sermon was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 13 runs the game before, Bonneville was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They fell just short of Hillcrest by a score of 3-2.
Bonneville also got a good showing from Garrett Reilly, who tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Bonneville saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Coltan Spagnuolo, who went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Bonneville didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Hillcrest only tossed seven.
Skyline is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-9 record this season. As for Bonneville, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-12.
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