Baseball Recap: Limon Badgers vs. Goodland Cowboys
Limon put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past the Goodland Cowboys 12-2. Considering Limon has won 13 games by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Keon Bandy made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out 12 batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits. Bandy was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with a home run, two stolen bases, and two RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more stolen bases the last four times he's played.
In other batting news, Limon let Aiden Kollath and Nathaniel Coonts loose on the outfield. Kollath scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Coonts scored a run while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Cale Bennett, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
On Goodland's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cole Linton, who went 2-for-2 with a triple and two RBI.
Even though they lost, Goodland didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their eighth loss (out of ten games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Limon pushed their record up to 18-0 with that win, which was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Goodland, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-11.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Limon beat Goodland by a score of 11-1 later that day.
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