Baseball Game Preview: Woodland Park Panthers vs. Palmer Terrors

The Woodland Park Panthers will venture away from home to challenge the Palmer Terrors at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Woodland Park is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 11 runs per game this season.

While Woodland Park didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They beat Harrison on Friday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 12-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for Woodland Park.

Cody Becker was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits (and only one walk). He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in three consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and two doubles. Those doubles marked the first that he hit this season.

Link Bryden

Doubles (Career)

03/28/25 vs Harrison	3
03/11/25 @ Rocky Ford	2
04/29/24 vs Florence	2
03/28/25 vs Harrison	1
05/06/24 vs Colorado Springs Christian	1

In other batting news, Link Bryden was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with three doubles, three RBI, and two runs. Those three doubles gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Gabe Marquez, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.

Woodland Park always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .548. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Meanwhile, Palmer was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against Sand Creek, falling 13-3.

Palmer's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Woodland Park, their record is now 5-1.

Woodland Park might still be hurting after the 14-5 loss they got from Palmer in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can Woodland Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.