Wood River and Burley are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2018, but likely not for long. The Wolverines are taking a road trip to take on the Bobcats at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Wood River is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.
Wood River picked up another tournament win on Saturday. They were the clear victors by an 8-2 margin over Bear Lake. That's two games straight that the Wolverines have won by exactly six runs.
Alex Golub
| 04/05/25 vs Bear Lake | 3 |
| 04/05/25 vs Snake River | 2 |
| 04/04/25 @ Filer | 2 |
| 03/18/25 @ Gooding | 2 |
| 03/14/25 vs Nampa | 2 |
The team relied heavily on Alex Golub, who went 3-for-4 with one home run, two stolen bases, and three runs. He has become a key player for Wood River: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 2-4 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Simon Morgan, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Burley ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They had just enough and edged out Minico 7-6.
Casen Cooper was incredible, scoring a run while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Jackson Funk also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.
Burley is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Wood River, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-4.
Wood River couldn't quite get it done against Burley in their previous matchup back in April of 2024 as they fell 11-7. Can the Wolverines avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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