Baseball Recap: Grand Junction Central Takes a Loss

Grand Junction Central came into this matchup off a tough eight-run defeat on Friday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of the Ponderosa Mustangs by a score of 11-9 on Saturday. The loss continues a trend for the Warriors in their meetings with the Mustangs: they've now lost four in a row.

Gavin Metli

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/08/25 @ Ponderosa	2
03/06/25 vs Rampart	1
04/10/24 vs Rifle	1
04/05/24 vs Roaring Fork	1
04/05/24 vs Montezuma-Cortez	1

Gavin Metli was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Octavio Galegos was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.

Grand Junction Central now has a losing record of 1-2. As for Ponderosa, they now have a winning record of 2-1.

Coming up, Grand Junction Central will square off against Vista PEAK Prep at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Ponderosa, they will take on Sunnyslope at 7:00 p.m. on March 15th.