Green River is on a four-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, and Tabiona a six-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Saturday. The matchup is scheduled at 12:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Green River might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 14-2 to Piute, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Green River saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was David Mendez, who went 1-for-4 while logging 2 stolen bases and 2 runs. Mendez has been locked in at the plate lately: he's hit .316 over his last six games vs .143 in his previous 13 games.
Green River took advantage of their speed and finished the game with three stolen bases. They have not posted that few stolen bases since the 14th, when they snagged two.
Meanwhile, Tabiona didn't have quite enough to beat Bryce Valley on Friday and fell 6-5.
Jaxon Olson was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 while logging 5 stolen bases, 2 runs, and 1 walk. The two runs were his most since the 12th, when he went for 2 vs. Manila. The team also got some help from Brennen Jensen, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances while posting 3 stolen bases, 1 RBI, and 1 run.
Green River has now lost 11 of their last 12 games on the road. That's still a better percentage than their 0-9 record this season. As for Tabiona, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-8.
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