Baseball Recap: Eagle Valley Devils vs. Palisade Bulldogs
Eagle Valley lost against Palisade back in May of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result in Saturday's first game. The Eagle Valley Devils suffered a rough 8-2 loss at the hands of the Palisade Bulldogs. Eagle Valley has not had much luck with Palisade recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Eagle Valley saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Robinson, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
On Palisade's side, Garrett Draper spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on five hits and racked up seven Ks. Draper has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Palisade got a massive performance out of Titus Porter, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Kian Kinslow, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3.
Eagle Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 7-7. As for Palisade, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4-1 record this season.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Eagle Valley by a score of 15-4 later that day.
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