Battle Mountain is 2-8 against Rifle since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Battle Mountain Huskies will be playing at home against the Rifle Bears at 11:00 a.m.
On Wednesday, Battle Mountain came up short against Summit and fell 5-2. Battle Mountain has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Battle Mountain saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Franco Moreno, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Rifle gave their fans yet another huge win on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Basalt an 8-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Rifle.
Josh Wright was excellent, going 1-for-4 with four RBI and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Braydon Duncan, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Battle Mountain's loss dropped their record down to 5-11. As for Rifle, their victory bumped their record up to 12-8.
Battle Mountain suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Rifle in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Thankfully for Battle Mountain, Austin Bowlan (who struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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