The Foothill Cougars will head out on the road to challenge the Chico Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Foothill is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Las Plumas a 2-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for Foothill.
Meanwhile, Chico has not done well against Pleasant Valley recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way last Tuesday. Chico skirted past Pleasant Valley 7-5.
Malachi Bosschart was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Bosschart was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Luke Henderson was incredible, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. Vinny Boatright was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
Foothill's record is now 14-11-1. As for Chico, they pushed their record up to 18-6-1 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home.
Foothill came up short against Chico in their previous matchup back in April, falling 5-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Chico's Jaden Neugebauer, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over seven innings pitched. Now that Foothill 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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