Baseball Preview: Falcon Falcons vs. Canon City Tigers
The Falcon Falcons will be playing at home against the Canon City Tigers at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Neither Falcon nor Canon City posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Falcon is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Fort Collins just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Lambkins by a score of 4-2. The defeat continues a trend for Falcon in their matchups with Fort Collins: they've now lost three in a row.
Falcon saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rowan Kliniske, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Kliniske is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played.
Canon City lost 15-1 to Elizabeth on Saturday.
Falcon's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-5. As for Canon City, their defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 12-11.
Falcon's speedy runners might be the difference in Saturday's match. Falcon has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 5 stolen bases per game. It's a different story for Canon City, though, as they've been averaging only 1. Will they be able to secure the bases, or will Falcon continue to outrun the ball?
Falcon came out on top in a nail-biter against Canon City in their previous matchup two weeks ago, sneaking past 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Canon City's John Vendetti, who pitched 6.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Falcon still be able to contain Vendetti? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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