Baseball Preview: Silver Creek Raptors vs. Greeley West Spartans
The Silver Creek Raptors will be playing in front of their home fans against the Greeley West Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Wednesday, Silver Creek came up short against Broomfield and fell 13-8. Silver Creek has struggled against Broomfield recently, as their matchup on Wednesday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Nate Spiegel put in work no matter where he played. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Spiegel was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-5.
In other batting news, Connor Lopez and Ian Wicht did some serious damage despite the final result: Lopez went 3-for-5 with two triples, two RBI, and a run, while Wicht scored a run while going 4-for-4. Henry Pendergrass was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
Even though they lost, Silver Creek was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .382. This was only their first loss (out of four games) when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Meanwhile, Greeley West was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They lost 19-13 to Skyview.
David Lovato was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 4-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Flores, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases, four RBI, and a run.
Silver Creek's loss dropped their record down to 14-7. As for Greeley West, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-18.
Everything went Silver Creek's way against Greeley West when the teams last played back in April as Silver Creek made off with a 10-1 victory. Does Silver Creek have another victory up their sleeve, or will Greeley West turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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