The Glenwood Springs Demons will be playing at home against the Summit Tigers at 2:00 p.m. on Monday. The timing isn't great for Glenwood Springs: they have been struggling with three straight losses at home, while Summit has snatched up nine consecutive wins on the road.
Glenwood Springs is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Eagle Valley 18-6. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Glenwood Springs considering their one-run performance the contest before.
Jackson Aguirre was a standout: he scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Jackson Irving, who scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Summit can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent game on Saturday. They never let Steamboat Springs onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory.
Mason Lukasiewicz was a standout: he scored three runs while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Sam Eldredge, who went 1-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Glenwood Springs' win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 10-11. As for Summit, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 12-8 record this season.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Monday. Glenwood Springs hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.7 home runs per game. However, it's not like Summit struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Glenwood Springs suffered a grim 10-1 defeat to Summit in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Summit's Tanner Gray, who struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits (and only one walk). Now that Glenwood Springs 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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