The Foothill Cougars will face off against the Hoover Patriots at 1:00 p.m. on Monday. Neither Foothill nor Hoover posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
It was a proper cat-fight when Foothill faced off against Chico on Thursday. The Cougars took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Panthers. The game marked the Cougars' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Blake Schwerdt spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and four unearned) runs on five hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Foothill saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyce Tenney, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.
Meanwhile, Hoover was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 11th straight defeat dating back to last season. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost a 2-1 heartbreaker at the hands of Sunnyside.
Hoover's loss dropped their record down to 0-10. As for Foothill, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 9-1.
Foothill beat Hoover 8-5 when the teams last played back in April of 2017. Do the Cougars have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Patriots turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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