Baseball Recap: Malad Picks Up Ninth Consecutive Win

Dragons

Previous Games

04/19/25 vs American Falls	8-0
04/18/25 vs Soda Springs	14-4
04/16/25 @ Soda Springs	16-0
04/14/25 @ Firth	7-0
04/12/25 vs North Fremont	9-0
+ 4 more games

Malad entered their tilt with American Falls on Saturday with eight consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with nine. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Beavers an 8-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for the Dragons, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Holdyn Higley made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one triple, one stolen base, and two RBI. That triple marked the first that he has hit this season.

Higley wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Cale Briggs, who went 1-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. Briggs has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times he's played. Another was Carter Carey, who got on base in two of his three plate appearances with one stolen base and one run.

Malad's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-4. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.6 runs over those games. As for American Falls, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-15.

Malad will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Beavers: the pair will be back at it again later today.