Baseball Preview: Windsor Wizards vs. Green Mountain Rams
The Windsor Wizards will head out on the road to face off against the Green Mountain Rams at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Windsor sitting on eight straight victories and Green Mountain on seven.
In what's become a running theme this season, Windsor gave their fans yet another huge win on Monday. They never let Longmont onto the board and left with a 14-0 victory.
Grant Kerber made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over six innings pitched. Kerber has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Kerber was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
In other pitching news, Wyatt Gustafson looked comfortable as he tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.
Back at the plate, Windsor let Mason Jordan and Easton Hubbard loose on the outfield. Jordan went 3-for-3 with three runs, a triple, and a double, while Hubbard went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Christopher Valerio, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Green Mountain won against Conifer on Wednesday with ten runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. Everything went Green Mountain's way against Wheat Ridge as Green Mountain made off with a 10-0 win. Green Mountain's pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last three matches.
Windsor pushed their record up to 19-2 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Green Mountain, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season.
Windsor came out on top in a nail-biter against Green Mountain in their previous matchup back in March of 2023, sneaking past 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Windsor since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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