Windsor and Silver Creek are an even 4-4 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Windsor Wizards will head out on the road to square off against the Silver Creek Raptors at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Windsor is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
Windsor is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Holy Family, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (Windsor was ranked ninth). Windsor came out on top in a nail-biter against Holy Family on Monday and snuck past 8-6.
Wyatt Gustafson looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, Easton Hubbard and Ethan Tippets did most of the damage at the plate: Hubbard scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances, while Tippets scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Mason Jordan was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with three RBI, a stolen base, and a double.
Meanwhile, Silver Creek stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Longmont as Silver Creek made off with an 11-5 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Silver Creek.
Noah Richardson looked comfortable as he pitched 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Henry Pendergrass, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI, a triple, and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaac Sandberg, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Windsor pushed their record up to 16-2 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Silver Creek, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Windsor couldn't quite finish off Silver Creek in their previous matchup back in April and fell 6-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Silver Creek's Jake Bator, who didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched. Now that Windsor knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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