Softball Preview: Grand Junction Tigers vs. Cedaredge Bruins
The Grand Junction Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Cedaredge Bruins at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Grand Junction is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.2 runs per game this season.
Grand Junction is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 17 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Fruita Monument on Thursday. They lost 8-1 to the Wildcats. The Tigers' defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Grand Junction saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Veda Irwin, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Even though they lost, Grand Junction hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most five strikeouts in seven consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cedaredge). They never let Aspen onto the board and left with a 23-0 victory on Saturday. Considering the Bruins have won four games by more than nine runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Grand Junction's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-4. As for Cedaredge, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-5.
Everything went Grand Junction's way against Cedaredge in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as Grand Junction made off with a 14-2 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Grand Junction since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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