Baseball Recap: Evergreen Cougars vs. Golden Demons
Evergreen fell victim to Golden and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Golden Demons. Evergreen has not had much luck with Golden recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Ryan Cook was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk). He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Even though they lost, Evergreen didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Golden only tossed seven.
On Golden's side, Taden Svendsen looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Dylan Paulson was excellent, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaydon Stroup, who went 1-for-3 with three RBI.
Evergreen's loss dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Golden, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 9-1.
Evergreen will be playing at home against Wheat Ridge at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Evergreen is facing Wheat Ridge at the right time seeing as Wheat Ridge is stuck on a nine-game losing streak. As for Golden, they are on the road again on Thursday to play D'Evelyn at 4:00 p.m. Golden is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.
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