Baseball Preview: Cimarron Bluejays vs. Goodland Cowboys
Cimarron is 1-6 against Goodland since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Cimarron Bluejays will be staying on the road to face off against the Goodland Cowboys at 4:00 p.m. One thing working in Cimarron's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last four matches.
Cimarron is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Friday, just like they did against Hugoton (and have done all season long). Cimarron put the hurt on Hugoton with a sharp 12-6 victory on Thursday.
Logan Heddlesten was excellent, scoring a run while going 3-for-3. Colby Wilson was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Goodland was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They lost 11-1 to Limon. That's two games in a row now that Goodland has lost by exactly ten runs.
Goodland saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zach Thorsen, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Even though they lost, Goodland didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. This was only their ninth loss (out of 11 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Cimarron pushed their record up to 11-7 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Goodland, their loss dropped their record down to 2-12.
Cimarron suffered a grim 12-2 defeat to Goodland in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can Cimarron avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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