Trojans
| 03/29/25 vs Thornton | 18 |
| 03/08/25 vs Overland | 16 |
| 03/28/25 vs Palmer | 10 |
| 03/28/25 vs Coronado | 9 |
Fountain-Fort Carson entered their tilt with Thornton on Saturday with two consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past Thornton 19-1. The result was nothing new for Fountain-Fort Carson, who have now won four matchups by nine runs or more so far this season.
Kash Garcia made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Garcia was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one double. Fountain-Fort Carson is undefeated when Garcia posts two or more runs, but 2-5 otherwise.
In other batting news, Fountain-Fort Carson got a massive performance out of Nathan Illert, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Illert is becoming a predictor of Fountain-Fort Carson's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 0-5 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Nate Simos, who scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Fountain-Fort Carson always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .742. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive games.
The win got Fountain-Fort Carson back to even at 5-5. As for Thornton, their loss was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-10.
Fountain-Fort Carson has already played their next contest, a 9-4 defeat against Severance on the 29th. Thornton has also already played their next match (against Sand Creek), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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