Baseball Recap: Fruita Monument Wildcats vs. Grand Junction Tigers
Fruita Monument waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with 11 straight wins... but they left with 12. They had just enough and edged the Grand Junction Tigers out 5-3. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Fruita Monument also won the last time the pair played last Tuesday.
Hunter Smolinski was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Smolinski was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Smolinski wasn't the only one making solid contact as seven players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Josh Weaver, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Lucas Weaver, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Fruita Monument is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for Grand Junction, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-9.
Fruita Monument will take on Far Northeast W at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. As for Grand Junction, they will head out on the road to challenge Adams City at 4:00 p.m. on Monday.
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