Baseball Preview: Eagle Valley Devils vs. Palisade Bulldogs
Eagle Valley is 0-10 against Palisade since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit in Saturday's first game. The Eagle Valley Devils will head out on the road to take on the Palisade Bulldogs at 11:30 a.m. Eagle Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
On Thursday, Eagle Valley suffered a tough 23-3 defeat at the hands of Delta.
Eagle Valley saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ricardo Gutierrez, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Palisade unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 7-2 to Fruita Monument.
Palisade also got a good showing from Christian Herrera, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also only allowed one walk).
Eagle Valley's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-6. As for Palisade, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-4-1.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart in Saturday's first game as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Eagle Valley has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Palisade struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Eagle Valley suffered a grim 18-5 defeat to Palisade in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Thankfully for Eagle Valley, Josh Zotto (who struck out nine batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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