Bear Lake has been on the road for eight straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Malad Dragons at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Bear Lake will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Bear Lake is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. 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.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Malad had to settle for a 4-3 loss against Wendell on Monday. 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.
At the plate, 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.
Bear Lake dropped their record down to 0-8 with that defeat, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Malad, their loss dropped their record down to 10-7.
Bear Lake might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Malad in their previous meeting two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Malad's Brady Showell, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out nine over six innings pitched. Now that Bear Lake knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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