Baseball Recap: Fort Collins Lambkins vs. Poudre Impalas
Fort Collins waltzed into their match on Thursday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Poudre Impalas 4-2. That's two games straight that Fort Collins has won by exactly two runs.
The team relied heavily on Sean Togher, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Dylan Rubenstein was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
On Poudre's side, they got a good showing from Brayden Bay, who didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Poudre saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Prenni, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Fort Collins' victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-3. As for Poudre, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-10.
Fort Collins will be playing in front of their home fans against Rocky Mountain at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Rocky Mountain: 4.1, Fort Collins: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Poudre, they will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Fossil Ridge at 6:00 p.m. Fossil Ridge is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.6 runs per game this season.
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