The Foresthill Wildfires will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Golden Sierra Grizzlies at 4:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
Foresthill is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Friday, just like they did against Western Sierra Collegiate Academy (and have done all season long). Everything went Foresthill's way against Western Sierra Collegiate Academy on Wednesday as Foresthill made off with a 19-9 win.
Bryce Dowling and Cooper Stanowicz did most of the damage at the plate: Dowling scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Stanowicz scored three runs while getting on base in three of his six plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Travis Pisarek, who scored two runs while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, after a string of eight wins, Golden Sierra's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of Rio Vista by a score of 11-10.
Tony Alvarez was huge no matter where he played even without the win. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up four earned runs off only one hit. Alvarez was even better at the plate, scoring three runs while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Jacob Rodenbaugh and Logan Borovich did some serious damage despite the final result: Rodenbaugh got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three RBI, a stolen base, and a double, while Borovich went 3-for-4 with three RBI, a triple, and a run.
Foresthill is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 6-12 record this season. As for Golden Sierra, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-5.
Friday's match might come down to which pitcher can control the ball better. Foresthill has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .463. However, it's not like Golden Sierra struggles in that department as they've averaged .522. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
Foresthill suffered a grim 10-3 defeat to Golden Sierra in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Golden Sierra's Linkin Phipps, who struck out 15 batters over seven innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits. Now that Foresthill knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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