Baseball Preview: Pueblo West Cyclones vs. Pueblo County Hornets
The Pueblo West Cyclones will be playing in front of their home fans against the Pueblo County Hornets at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Pueblo West comes in on three and Pueblo County on four.
Pueblo West is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Pueblo Centennial on Saturday as Pueblo West made off with a 22-1 win. With that victory, Pueblo West brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Blake Mares looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over four innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Jaiven Baca was a standout: he scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-3. Trace Humphrey was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Pueblo County beat Pueblo Central 10-6 on Saturday.
The team relied heavily on Caulin Pighetti, who went 3-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Donovan Walsh, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Pueblo West is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-9 record this season. As for Pueblo County, their win bumped their record up to 15-5.
Pueblo West came up short against Pueblo County in their previous meeting back in April, falling 7-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pueblo County's Roy Higinbotham, who struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Now that Pueblo West knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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