The Firth Cougars will challenge the American Falls Beavers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Firth has five straight wins, American Falls has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Firth is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victors by a 21-3 margin over Wendell on Thursday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Beau Ringel
| 04/03/25 @ Wendell | 3 |
| 04/01/25 vs North Fremont | 1 |
| 03/22/25 @ Cole Valley Christian | 0 |
| 03/21/25 @ Payette | 2 |
| 05/17/24 vs Nampa Christian | 2 |
| 05/01/24 vs Challis | 4 |
Beau Ringel made a splash while hitting and pitching. He pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits. What's more, he posted three strikeouts, the most he's had since back in May of 2024. He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. He also put up two hits, which were his first of the season.
In other batting news, Firth got a massive performance out of Darrell Vasquez, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Vasquez has become a key player for the Cougars: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 1-3 otherwise. Brycen Andersen was another key player, scoring three runs while going 2-for-4.
Firth always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .535. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, American Falls suffered their closest loss since April 18, 2024 on Thursday. They fell just short of Filer by a score of 9-7.
Cash Williams made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Firth's win bumped their record up to 5-3. As for American Falls, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-9.
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