After flying high against Canyon Ridge last Wednesday, Wood River came back down to earth. The Wood River Wolverines fell 10-5 to the Mountain Home Tigers on Thursday. The defeat continues a trend for Wood River in their matchups with Mountain Home: they've now lost three in a row.
Ozzie Scherer was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
On Mountain Home's side, Andrew Chapman was a major factor no matter where he played. He tossed seven innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off eight hits. Chapman was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
In other batting news, Zander Friberg and Marcus Lopez did most of the damage at the plate: Friberg went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases and an RBI, while Lopez scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Friberg has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Easton Vivier was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Wood River's loss dropped their record down to 11-16. As for Mountain Home, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-11 record this season.
As of now, neither Wood River nor Mountain Home have any future games scheduled.
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