The Boulder Panthers will venture away from home to take on the ThunderRidge Grizzlies at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Boulder is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
Boulder managed to slip by Riverdale Ridge the last time these teams faced off, but didn't have those same answers this time around. The Panthers lost 9-0 to the Ravens on Monday. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Panthers haven't been shut out since back in March.
Meanwhile, ThunderRidge came into Friday's matchup having lost ten straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-6 win over Highlands Ranch on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Grizzlies have posted since April 10th.
ThunderRidge got a great performance from Mark Okerstrom as he pitched five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Colton Lien, who went 1-for-3 with one home run and two runs. Those two runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Shane Christy, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
ThunderRidge's win was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-9 and their overall record up to 6-16. As for Boulder, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-12.
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