Emmett is on a ten-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, and Caldwell a seven-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Friday. The Emmett Huskies will be playing at home against the Caldwell Cougars at 4:00 p.m. Caldwell took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Emmett, who comes in off a win.
On Thursday, Emmett needed a bit of extra time to put away Columbia. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Wildcats 12-10. The win was a breath of fresh air for the Huskies as it put an end to their four-game losing streak.
Jackson Simonsen
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Ryder Scheibe and Jackson Simonsen were major factors while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Scheibe pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Simonsen tossed three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (three). At the plate, Scheibe went 3-for-5 with four runs, one stolen base, and one RBI, while Simonsen went 1-for-4 with two RBI, one run, and one double.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Nick Browne, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with two stolen bases and two runs. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in March.
Caldwell had taken Vallivue down for two straight games at home, but that winning streak came to an end on Thursday. The Cougars came up short against the Falcons, falling 11-1. That's two games in a row now that the Cougars have lost by exactly ten runs.
Caldwell's defeat dropped their record down to 1-15. As for Emmett, their victory bumped their record up to 3-14.
Emmett took their win against Caldwell when the teams last played last Tuesday by a conclusive 10-4 score. Do the Huskies have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Cougars turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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