Baseball Preview: Pueblo Centennial Bulldogs vs. Pueblo County Hornets
The Pueblo Centennial Bulldogs will be playing at home against the Pueblo County Hornets at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Having struggled with six losses in a row, Pueblo Centennial finally turned things around against Greeley West on Friday. Pueblo Centennial blew past Greeley West 8-1.
The team relied heavily on Adyn Jara, who went 1-for-2 with three RBI, a triple, and a run. Justice Lobato was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Pueblo County gave their fans yet another huge victory on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Greeley West a 10-0 shutout.
Parker Hankins was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Donovan Walsh, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Pueblo Centennial's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-11. As for Pueblo County, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Pueblo Centennial might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Pueblo County in their previous matchup on April 9th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pueblo County's Johnathan Gonzales, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Now that Pueblo Centennial knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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