Baseball Preview: Conifer Lobos vs. Golden Demons
Conifer is 1-9 against Golden since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Conifer Lobos will look to defend their home field against the Golden Demons at 4:00 p.m.
Conifer fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Standley Lake on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Gators by a score of 4-3.
Conifer saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cole Margulis, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Margulis has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, Golden had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.6 runs), and they went ahead and made it 11 on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 7-1 margin over the Cougars. Considering Golden has won nine matchups by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Golden got a big performance out of Jaydon Stroup, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Jacob Dehm was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Conifer's defeat dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Golden, their win was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 16-1.
Conifer came up short against Golden when the teams last played on April 13th, falling 5-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Golden's Sawyer Brinkman, who struck out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and only one walk). Now that Conifer knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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