The Stansbury Stallions will challenge the Bear River Bears at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Stansbury sitting on three straight victories and Bear River on five.
Stansbury is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They blew past Murray 11-1. Considering the Stallions have won nine games by more than nine runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Bear River faced Grantsville in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Bears narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Cowboys 5-4. Five seems to be a good number for the Bears as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Kate Wilson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered four earned runs on five hits and racked up ten Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in four consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Luci Roche and Bella Dougals did most of the damage at the plate: Roche went 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI, while Dougals went 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and one double. Another player making a difference was Marley Tisdol, who went 1-for-3 with one home run.
Bear River's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 26-2. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.3 runs over those games. As for Stansbury, they now have a winning record of 12-11.
Stansbury suffered a grim 16-1 defeat to Bear River when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can the Stallions avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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