Baseball Game Preview: Denver North Vikings vs. Poudre Impalas

The Denver North Vikings will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Poudre Impalas at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Denver North will be strutting in after a victory while Poudre will be coming in after a loss.

Denver North is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Dakota Ridge. Everything went Denver North's way against Dakota Ridge on Saturday as Denver North made off with a 10-4 win.

Denver North got a great performance from Joaquin Martinez as he pitched 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit.

At the plate, Ruben Avalos and Gael Olivas did most of the damage at the plate: Avalos scored three runs while going 3-for-3, while Olivas scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. John Miller was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.

Meanwhile, Poudre was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat dating back to last season. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost a 4-3 heartbreaker at the hands of Riverdale Ridge.

Brayden Bay put in work while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over four innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in April of 2024. He was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.

Bay wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Benny Quast, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI. That's the most RBI Quast has posted since back in March of 2024.