Baseball Game Preview: Mountain Range on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 5, 2024, 2:15am

Baseball Preview: Mountain Range Mustangs vs. Fort Collins Lambkins

Mountain Range is 1-7 against Fort Collins since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Mountain Range Mustangs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Fort Collins Lambkins at 4:30 p.m.

Mountain Range's hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Erie on Saturday. They lost 10-0 to the Tigers. Mountain Range has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Meanwhile, Fort Collins had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They came out on top against the Lobos by a score of 6-1.

Sean Togher was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 15 over 5.2 innings pitched. Togher was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and a triple.

Togher wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Nathan Snyder, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Mountain Range's defeat dropped their record down to 3-18. As for Fort Collins, they pushed their record up to 16-3 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home.

Mountain Range might still be hurting after the 20-3 loss they got from Fort Collins in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Will Mountain Range have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.

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