Baseball Recap: Woodland Park Panthers vs. Florence Huskies
Woodland Park can finally bid farewell to their nine-game losing streak thanks to their game on Monday. They came out on top against the Florence Huskies by a score of 11-1 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game). The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Woodland Park considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Link Bryden made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out 11 batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk). Bryden has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Bryden was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ian Newsham, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Chance Hancock was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Woodland Park's win ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-11. As for Florence, their loss was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-12.
Woodland Park will have a chance to go back-to-back against Florence: the pair will be back at it again later today.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
