The Spring Valley Grizzlies will challenge the Cheyenne Mountain Red-Tailed Hawks at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Spring Valley's pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so Cheyenne Mountain's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Cheyenne Mountain will be up against a hot Spring Valley team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Spring Valley walked away with a 5-2 win over Durango on Monday.
Jack Rieckmann made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Rieckmann was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other pitching news, Logan Rose tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits.
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Damon Koldesko, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one double and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Evan Matheson, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Cheyenne Mountain got the win against Durango on Thursday by a conclusive 17-9. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Red-Tailed Hawks.
Cheyenne Mountain also got a great performance from Javin Eslinger as he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up three earned (and three unearned) runs off eight hits (and not a single walk). The dominant performance gave Eslinger a new career-high in strikeouts.
At the plate, Charlie Scofield was incredible, going 3-for-5 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Colin Downs, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Cheyenne Mountain was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .487. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Durango only posted a batting average of .323.
Cheyenne Mountain pushed their record up to 2-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.2 runs on average over those games. As for Spring Valley, their win bumped their record up to 4-2-1.
