After starting their season with five straight games on the road, Wheat Ridge is finally coming home. They will be defending their home-field for the first time when they go up against the Denver North Vikings at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Wheat Ridge will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Wheat Ridge's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. Everything went their way against Fountain-Fort Carson as Wheat Ridge made off with a 16-0 victory. The game marked the Farmers' most dominant win of the season so far.
Haley Cross was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances. She was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, Wheat Ridge got a big performance out of Aryanna Palfy, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Claire Tompkins, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wheat Ridge always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .667. The last time their OBP was this high was back in August of 2023.
Meanwhile, Denver North entered their match against Vista PEAK Prep on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Denver North fell 9-6 to Vista PEAK Prep. The Vikings' defeat continues a trend for the team, making it three in a row.
Wheat Ridge now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Denver North, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-3.
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