The Standley Lake Gators will head out on the road to face off against the Evergreen Cougars at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Standley Lake is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
On Saturday, Standley Lake came up short against Golden and fell 5-2. The defeat continues a trend for Standley Lake in their matchups with Golden: they've now lost six in a row.
Standley Lake saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chris Blanco, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Blanco has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, Evergreen unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of Alameda by a score of 8-7.
Jack Teska was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits. Teska was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Griffin Gonsman was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-1. Another player making a difference was Colby Levesque, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
Standley Lake's record now sits at 10-9. As for Evergreen, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-9.
Standley Lake was able to grind out a solid victory over Evergreen when the teams last played back in April of 2023, winning 11-8. Does Standley Lake have another victory up their sleeve, or will Evergreen turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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