Baseball Preview: Rampart Rams vs. Fountain-Fort Carson Trojans
The Rampart Rams will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Fountain-Fort Carson Trojans at 4:00 p.m. Fountain-Fort Carson took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Rampart, who comes in off a win.
Rampart only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the eight-point they dealt Palmer Ridge on Thursday. Everything went Rampart's way against Palmer Ridge as Rampart made off with a 9-1 win.
Justus Derickson and Haydn Benoit made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Derickson pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also only allowed one walk). Meanwhile, Benoit didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over six innings pitched. Derickson has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Derickson went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI, while Benoit scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on David Eastman, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Brayden Valdez, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Fountain-Fort Carson suffered a tough 8-2 defeat at the hands of Cheyenne Mountain on Thursday. That's two games in a row now that Fountain-Fort Carson has lost by exactly six runs.
Fountain-Fort Carson saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zackari Sanders, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Rampart pushed their record up to 6-4 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.3 runs per game. As for Fountain-Fort Carson, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-4.
Rampart suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Fountain-Fort Carson when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Rampart avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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