The Wood River Wolverines are taking a road trip to take on the Burley Bobcats at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Wood River is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.5 runs per game this season.
Wood River will bounce into Wednesday's match after beating Twin Falls, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. The Wolverines came out on top against the Bruins by a score of 12-9 on Tuesday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Wolverines needed considering they were shut out in their previous contest.
The team relied heavily on Emmalese Nilsen, who went 4-for-5 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. That's the most runs she has posted over her last 12 games. The team also got some help courtesy of Rebecca Atienza, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Wood River was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. They are 13-3 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, Burley's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Jerome by a score of 3-2. Bobcats fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team's lost against the Tigers since on Tuesday.
Burley's defeat dropped their record down to 13-9. As for Wood River, they now have a winning record of 14-13.
Wood River might still be hurting after the 10-0 loss they got from Burley in their previous matchup on Monday. Can the Wolverines avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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