Baseball Recap: Brush Sets Scoring Season-High Against Strasburg

Beetdiggers

Team Score (Highest)

04/30/25 @ Strasburg	13
04/26/25 vs Haxtun	12
03/22/25 @ Alamosa	12
04/08/25 vs Berthoud	11
03/20/25 @ Bennett	11

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Brush). They blew past the Strasburg Indians 13-1 on Wednesday. The victory continues a trend for the Beetdiggers in their matchups with the Indians: they've now won eight in a row.

Ben Mettlen made a splash no matter where he played. He pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. He is becoming a predictor of Brush's success: when he allows at most one earned run the team is undefeated (and 5-6 when he doesn't). Mettlen was also big at the plate, getting three hits from his three at bats. Those three hits gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Trae Romero, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with four RBI, two runs, and one stolen base. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Landon Mesch, who went 1-for-3 with three runs, one double, and one RBI.

Brush kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Strasburg only managed six hits.

Brush's record is now 11-6. As for Strasburg, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-10.

Looking ahead, Brush will head out to square off against Liberty Common at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Beetdiggers' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Eagles have averaged an impressive 7.1 runs per game this season. As for Strasburg, they have already played their next game, a 13-3 loss against Eaton on the 2nd.