Baseball Recap: Bear River Has No Trouble Against Bountiful

Bears

Previous 5 Games

03/12/25 @ Bountiful	16-0
03/08/25 vs Box Elder	7-5
03/07/25 @ Dixie	2-12
03/07/25 vs Maple Mountain	4-10
05/15/24 vs Dixie	2-10

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bear River). They blew past the Bountiful RedHawks 16-0 on Wednesday. With that win, the Bears brought their scoring average up to 7.2 runs per game.

Holden Potter made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in hits (zero). He was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. Those RBI marked the first that he brought in this season.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Brooks Drollinger, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Dallin Rice, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.

Bear River always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .548. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

The victory got Bear River back to even at 2-2. As for Bountiful, their loss was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-2.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Bear River will host Davis at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Bear River is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.2 runs per game this season. As for Bountiful, they will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Westlake at 3:30 p.m.