Baseball Recap: Pine Creek Eagles vs. Fountain-Fort Carson Trojans
Pine Creek put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They blew past the Fountain-Fort Carson Trojans 14-3. The win made it back-to-back victories for Pine Creek.
Aiden Wilson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He tossed three innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit. Wilson was even better at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
In other pitching news, Lukas Genin looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits.
Back at the plate, Javi Jackson and Tanner Peerey did most of the damage at the plate: Jackson scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Peerey scored three runs while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Cannon Budge, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-5.
Pine Creek is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Fountain-Fort Carson, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-9-1.
Pine Creek will head out on the road to face off against Pueblo West at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Pine Creek's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Pueblo West's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Fountain-Fort Carson, they will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Falcon at 10:00 a.m. Falcon is coming into the contest with three straight defeats on the road, meaning Fountain-Fort Carson will have to defend against a squad hungry for a victory.
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