After flying high against Fountain-Fort Carson last Saturday, Rampart came back down to earth. The Rampart Rams took a 16-11 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Liberty Lancers on Thursday. The Rams haven't had much luck with the Lancers recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Cecilia Tinan was cooking despite her team's loss, going 3-for-5 with a home run, five RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Summer Ward, who scored three runs while going 2-for-4.
Even though they lost, Rampart was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .432. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .385 or higher in five consecutive contests.
Rampart now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Liberty, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 7-5 record this season.
Rampart will challenge Mesa Ridge at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Rampart has given up an average of 10.9 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week. As for Liberty, they will welcome Pine Creek at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Liberty has given up an average of 8.3 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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