Baseball Recap: Montrose Red Hawks vs. Fruita Monument Wildcats
Montrose was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 12-2 walloping at the hands of the Fruita Monument Wildcats. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Montrose of the 17-4 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in April of 2023.
Montrose saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cooper Ross, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
On Fruita Monument's side, Hunter Smolinski was incredible, going 3-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Keenan Oxford, who went 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Montrose's loss dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Fruita Monument, they pushed their record up to 7-4 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
While Montrose had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
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