Baseball Recap: Burlington Cougars vs. Wray Eagles
Burlington waltzed into their contest in Saturday's second game with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Wray Eagles by a score of 7-4. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Burlington also won the last time the pair played in Saturday's first game.
Maguire Franz and Lenny Ramirez did most of the damage at the plate: Franz scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Ramirez went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a double. Another player making a difference was Zack Foose, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
On Wray's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gabe Kechter, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Burlington has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5 record this season. As for Wray, their defeat was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 3-8.
Burlington will square off against Calhan at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Burlington is facing Calhan at the right time seeing as Calhan is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Wray, they will be playing at home against Yuma at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Yuma is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.7 runs per game this season.
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