After soaring to 11 runs the game before, Steamboat Springs was a bit more limited in their matchup on Saturday. They suffered a rough 12-2 defeat at the hands of the Rifle Bears. Steamboat Springs has not had much luck with Rifle recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Jesse Hamric was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.
On Rifle's side, Logan Gross made a big impact no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Gross was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Rifle got a big performance out of Josh Wright, who went 2-for-4 with five RBI. Adan Medina was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
Steamboat Springs now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Rifle, their victory bumped their record up to 6-3.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Steamboat Springs beat Rifle by a score of 10-2 later that day.
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