On Thursday, Fruitland faced Kimberly in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Fruitland Grizzlies walked away with a 10-5 victory over the Kimberly Bulldogs. The win was nothing new for Fruitland as they're now sitting on five straight.
Fruitland saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Coye Coffman, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. Coffman has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Austin Tesnohlidek was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base.
Fruitland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Kimberly, their loss dropped their record down to 14-5.
Fruitland will head out on the road to challenge McCall-Donnelly at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Fruitland knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with flashy run totals in its past five matchups -- so hopefully McCall-Donnelly likes a good challenge. As for Kimberly, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Filer at 4:00 p.m. Filer is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
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