After eight games on the road, Lewiston is heading back home. They will take on the Coeur d'Alene Vikings at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Lewiston's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Lakeland with a sharp 6-0 victory.
Austin Topp made a splash while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Topp was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Cody Ray, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Coeur d'Alene can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Monday. Everything went their way against Bonners Ferry as Coeur d'Alene made off with a 6-0 win. The victory was familiar territory for Coeur d'Alene who now have four in a row.
Coeur d'Alene also got a great performance from Trevor Rodda as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over five innings pitched. Rodda has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Coeur d'Alene saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Harrison Trunkey-Evans, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4. Gavin Helms was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Lewiston pushed their record up to 11-7 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Coeur d'Alene, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 12-7 record this season.
Lewiston beat Coeur d'Alene 6-3 in their previous meeting on April 9th. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Trunkey-Evans, who struck out ten batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Lewiston still be able to contain Trunkey-Evans? There's only one way to find out.
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