Softball Preview: Fruita Monument Wildcats vs. Montrose Red Hawks
Fruita Monument has gone 10-0 against Montrose recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Fruita Monument Wildcats will head out to square off against the Montrose Red Hawks at 10:00 a.m. Fruita Monument will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Things were looking good for Fruita Monument after they put the first points on the board on Monday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Palisade by a score of 13-12. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (11), the Wildcats still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Montrose was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 13-4 to Grand Junction Central.
Montrose saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Abby Siegel, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Fruita Monument has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-5 record this season. As for Montrose, their loss dropped their record down to 2-8.
Fruita Monument took their victory against Montrose when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 11-0. Will Fruita Monument repeat their success, or does Montrose have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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