Falcon never let their opponents score on Friday. Everything went their way against the Sand Creek Scorpions as the Falcon Falcons made off with a 16-0 victory. The result was nothing new for Falcon, who have now won eight contests by eight runs or more so far this season.
Aaron Jaquez looked comfortable as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over four innings pitched.
At the plate, Falcon let Jaxon Schleper and Uriah Maestas loose on the outfield. Schleper scored four runs and stole two bases while going 4-for-4, while Maestas went 3-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of JP Cates, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Falcon pushed their record up to 13-4 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Sand Creek, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-10-1.
Falcon will head out on the road to take on Canon City at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Canon City has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 6.74 runs per game on average), something Falcon will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Sand Creek, they will be playing at home against Mitchell at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Sand Creek is facing Mitchell at the right time seeing as Mitchell is stuck on a six-game losing streak.
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