Baseball Preview: Fossil Ridge SaberCats vs. Rocky Mountain Lobos
Fossil Ridge is 1-7 against Rocky Mountain since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Fossil Ridge SaberCats will head out on the road to face off against the Rocky Mountain Lobos at 4:00 p.m. Fossil Ridge will be looking to extend their current nine-game winning streak.
Fossil Ridge will head into Saturday's contest having proved themselves against Poudre: Fossil Ridge took a ten-run loss the last time they faced off against Poudre, but they managed to turn things around on Saturday. Fossil Ridge skirted past Poudre 8-6.
Vedant Sharma looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and five unearned) runs off three hits.
At the plate, Fossil Ridge got a massive performance out of Owen Morgan, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI and two doubles. The team also got some help courtesy of Luc Gaca-Thiele, who went 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs.
Meanwhile, Rocky Mountain was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Erie by a score of 9-8.
Fossil Ridge pushed their record up to 18-1 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Rocky Mountain, their loss dropped their record down to 12-7.
Fossil Ridge took their win against Rocky Mountain when the teams last played back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 6-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fossil Ridge since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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