The Minico Spartans will head out on the road to take on the Mountain Home Tigers at 3:00 p.m. in Tuesday's first game. Minico is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Last Friday, Minico suffered a rough 15-8 defeat at the hands of Gooding.
Kabrey Aragon and Addie Poole did some serious damage despite the final result: Aragon went 4-for-4 with two stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs, while Poole scored three runs and stole two bases while going 4-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Madi Fowler, who went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a triple, and two RBI.
Meanwhile, everything went Mountain Home's way against Columbia in Saturday's second game as Mountain Home made off with a 21-9 victory. 21 seems to be a good number for Mountain Home as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The team relied heavily on Orie Rau, who fired off two home runs, ten RBI, and four runs while going 4-for-5. Another player making a difference was Madison Cotton, who got on base in four of her five plate appearances with five runs, a triple, and two RBI.
Minico's loss dropped their record down to 2-9. As for Mountain Home, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-11-1.
Minico took their win against Mountain Home when the teams last played back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 11-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Minico since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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