Baseball Recap: Silver Creek Raptors vs. Greeley West Spartans
Silver Creek won the last time they faced Greeley West, and things went their way on Thursday too. The Silver Creek Raptors came out on top against the Greeley West Spartans by a score of 4-1.
Jake Bator spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on five hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Connor Lopez was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Nate Spiegel, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
On Greeley West's side, Luke Ramirez was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off nine hits (and only one walk).
At the plate, Greeley West saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Beau Schaller, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Greeley West didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Silver Creek only tossed five.
Silver Creek has been performing well recently as they've won 12 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season. As for Greeley West, they are on a ten-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-19.
Silver Creek will stay at home for another game and welcome Horizon at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Greeley West does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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