Baseball Preview: Evergreen Cougars vs. Wheat Ridge Farmers
The Evergreen Cougars will be playing at home against the Wheat Ridge Farmers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither Evergreen nor Wheat Ridge posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Evergreen fell victim to Golden and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Demons. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Evergreen in their matchups with Golden: they've now lost five in a row.
Ryan Cook was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk). He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Even though they lost, Evergreen didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Golden only tossed seven.
Meanwhile, sadly, Wheat Ridge is still looking for their first win of the season after nine matchups. They suffered a rough 20-1 defeat at the hands of Standley Lake on Tuesday.
Evergreen's loss dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Wheat Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
Evergreen took their victory against Wheat Ridge when the teams last played back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 20-2. Will Evergreen repeat their success, or does Wheat Ridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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