Baseball Recap: Peak to Peak Pumas vs. The Academy Wildcats
Peak to Peak's found some homefield redemption this week after a overtime loss to The Academy on Thursday. The Peak to Peak Pumas narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past The Academy Wildcats 7-5. This was a revenge game for Peak to Peak, as the team was forced to settle for a 7-6 defeat when these two played last Tuesday.
Eddie Castilleja and A J Greene did most of the damage at the plate: Castilleja scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Greene scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Greene has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. Drew Kraft was another key contributor, going 1-for-2 with a stolen base and two RBI.
On The Academy's side, Xavier Turner was huge no matter where he played even without the win. On the mound, he pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Turner was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Dylan Akers was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Tony Fabian, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Peak to Peak now has a winning record of 11-10. As for The Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 12-9.
Peak to Peak will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Fort Lupton at 10:00 a.m. Fort Lupton has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 12.64 runs per game on average), something Peak to Peak will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for The Academy, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Colorado Academy at 3:30 p.m. Colorado Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.7 runs per game this season.
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