Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Silver Creek). Everything went their way against the Poudre Impalas on Friday as the Silver Creek Raptors made off with a 22-6 win. The Raptors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by six runs or more this season.
Silver Creek got a massive performance out of Josie Etcheverry, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of MacKenzie Hay, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Silver Creek always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .688. The last time their OBP was this high was back in September of 2023.
The victory made it two in a row for Silver Creek and bumps their season record up to 7-2. As for Poudre, they are on a nine-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-9.
Silver Creek will be playing in front of their home fans against The Classical Academy at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The Classical Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season. As for Poudre, they will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Resurrection Christian at 1:00 p.m. Poudre has given up an average of 17.9 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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