Baseball Preview: Falcon Falcons vs. Sand Creek Scorpions
Falcon is 10-0 against Sand Creek since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Falcon Falcons will look to defend their home field against the Sand Creek Scorpions at 3:30 p.m. Falcon is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
Falcon is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering The Classical Academy just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Titans by a score of 3-1. Falcon was red-hot at the plate headed into the match (they scored no less than ten runs in the four matchups prior) but The Classical Academy's pitchers proved too tough.
Parker Cordova was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
At the plate, Falcon saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Uriah Maestas, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Even though they lost, Falcon didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as The Classical Academy only tossed four.
Meanwhile, Sand Creek never let their opponents score on Thursday. Everything went their way against Sierra as Sand Creek made off with a 20-0 victory. That's two games straight that Sand Creek has won by exactly 20 runs.
Sand Creek got a massive performance out of Avyn Walter, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Emmanuel Rodriguez was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Falcon's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-4. As for Sand Creek, the win got them back to even at 8-8-1.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Falcon has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 10.1 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Sand Creek struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.1. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Falcon took their victory against Sand Creek in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 13-3. Does Falcon have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sand Creek turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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