The Borah Lions will venture away from home to challenge the Kuna Kavemen at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Borah has given up an average of 12.3 runs per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Borah is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 26 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Owyhee on Tuesday. They lost 12-0 to the Storm.
Borah saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Genevieve Rainville, who went 1-for-2 with one double.
Meanwhile, Kuna faced Eagle in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Kavemen fell just short of the Mustangs by a score of 2-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Kavemen in their meetings with the Mustangs: they've now lost four in a row.
Borah dropped their record down to 4-17 with the loss, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home defeats can't be blamed on the team's hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.5 runs over those games. As for Kuna, their loss dropped their record down to 11-10.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. Borah hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1.1 home runs per game. However, it's not like Kuna struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.8 home runs. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Borah suffered a grim 22-11 defeat to Kuna in their previous matchup back in March. Can the Lions avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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