Diggers
| 05/02/25 vs South Fremont | 12-1 |
| 04/22/25 vs North Fremont | 10-0 |
| 04/21/25 @ Teton | 20-1 |
| 04/18/25 @ South Fremont | 16-0 |
| 04/12/25 vs Preston | 23-0 |
| + 8 more games |
Sugar-Salem entered their tilt with South Fremont on Friday with 12 consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with 13. They blew past the Cougars 12-1. Considering the Diggers have won 13 contests by more than eight runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Jack Gardner spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on five hits and racked up 12 Ks. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Will Chappell was a standout: he went 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. Dawson McInelly was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one home run and three runs.
Sugar-Salem was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .375 or higher in eight consecutive matches.
Sugar-Salem pushed their record up to 16-4 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.1 runs on average over those games. As for South Fremont, the defeat snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 14-13 record.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Sugar-Salem beat the Cougars by a score of 16-6 later that day.
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