Baseball Recap: South Park Burros vs. Kiowa Indians
South Park won the last time they faced Kiowa, and things went their way on Friday too. The South Park Burros won by a run and slipped past the Kiowa Indians 7-6. The win made it back-to-back victories for South Park.
Trinity Walker and Jaden Walker did most of the damage at the plate: Walker scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances, while Walker scored a run and stole four bases while going 1-for-3. Walker has been hot recently, having posted two or more stolen bases the last three times he's played.
On Kiowa's side, Evan Golden was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He struck out nine batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off one hit. Golden was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
Golden wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Rowan Golden, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Kiowa didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
South Park's win bumped their record up to 3-8. As for Kiowa, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-6.
South Park will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Del Norte at 11:00 a.m. Del Norte is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.7 runs per game this season. As for Kiowa, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Elbert at 4:00 p.m. Kiowa is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.2 runs per game this season.
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