Baseball Recap: Cedaredge Comes Up Short

Bruins

Previous 5 Games

03/31/26 vs North Fork	4-5
03/28/26 vs Fowler	13-7
03/27/26 @ Grand Valley	8-0
03/18/26 @ Center	20-2
03/13/26 vs Pagosa Springs	4-8

Cedaredge dropped down to 5-2 on Tuesday, ending the team's three-game streak of wins. They fell just short of the North Fork Miners by a score of 5-4. Surprisingly, this marked the seventh straight game in which the away team has come away the victor in this series.

Cedaredge saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Makai Salazar, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run. Carson Rupp also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

As for North Fork, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-3. Surprisingly, this marked the seventh straight game in which the away team has come away the victor in this series.

On North Fork's side, Jordan Gonzalez made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Gonzalez was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI. North Fork is undefeated when Gonzalez posts two or more runs, but 0-3 otherwise.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Bronson Hall, who went 1-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Joe Hollembeak, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming matchups. Cedaredge will challenge Nucla at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. The Mustangs have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 19.5 runs per game on average), something the Bruins will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for North Fork, they will head out to square off against Eaton at 9:30 a.m. on Friday.