Baseball Recap: Pagosa Springs Pirates vs. Montezuma-Cortez Panthers
Pagosa Springs was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. Their tough 19-7 defeat to the Montezuma-Cortez Panthers might stick with them for a while. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Pagosa Springs of the 12-3 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture on Saturday.
Pagosa Springs saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hunter Pouyer, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Kyler Henderson, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
On Montezuma-Cortez's side, Darren Daves was incredible, going 4-for-5 with seven RBI, two stolen bases, and three runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Cory Carver, who scored four runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Pagosa Springs' defeat dropped their record down to 4-8. As for Montezuma-Cortez, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-7.
Pagosa Springs will take on Centauri at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Centauri has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 6.67 runs per game on average), something Pagosa Springs will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Montezuma-Cortez, they will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Alamosa at 11:00 a.m. Montezuma-Cortez will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
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