The Palisade Bulldogs will be playing at home against the Coal Ridge Titans at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Palisade knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy run totals in its past five matchups -- so hopefully Coal Ridge likes a good challenge.
Palisade is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Thursday, just like they did against Rifle (and have done all season long). Everything went Palisade's way against Rifle on Wednesday as Palisade made off with a 10-4 win.
Palisade got a great performance from Garrett Draper as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched. Draper has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Hunter Howard and Titus Porter did most of the damage at the plate: Howard scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Porter scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Soren Ashcraft, who scored a run and stole a base.
Meanwhile, after a string of 14 wins, Coal Ridge's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Delta by a score of 4-3. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Coal Ridge has scored all season.
Coal Ridge saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alexis Serna, who went 1-for-4 with a triple and a run.
Palisade has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4-1 record this season. As for Coal Ridge, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 14-1.
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