Baseball Preview: Bear Creek Bears vs. Lakewood Tigers
Bear Creek and Lakewood are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Bear Creek Bears will head out on the road to challenge the Lakewood Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Bear Creek is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses.
Bear Creek will head into Tuesday's matchup after some sweet revenge against Columbine: Bear Creek couldn't quite topple Columbine on Tuesday, but it was still a huge improvement compared to the ten-run loss they took when the two last played. Everything went Bear Creek's way against Columbine as Bear Creek made off with an 11-3 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Bear Creek considering their one-run performance the contest before.
Alonso Garcia made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off seven hits. Garcia was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with a triple and a run.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Joey Vigil, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Aidan Bolan, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Lakewood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They lost 12-0 to Ralston Valley.
Bear Creek's record now sits at 7-11. As for Lakewood, their loss dropped their record down to 6-12.
Bear Creek suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Lakewood in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Thankfully for Bear Creek, Eze Rojas (who struck out 12 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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