Palisade stacked a 14th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Rifle Bears as the Palisade Bulldogs made off with a 10-4 victory. Winning may never get old, but Palisade sure is getting used to it with their sixth in a row.
Palisade got a great performance from Garrett Draper as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched. Draper has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Hunter Howard and Titus Porter did most of the damage at the plate: Howard scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Porter scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Caleb Blanck, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
On Rifle's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryder Bjurstrom, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Palisade is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4-1 record this season. As for Rifle, they dropped their record down to 10-7 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Palisade has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Coal Ridge at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Rifle, they will head out on the road to square off against Thomas Jefferson at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Thomas Jefferson's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Rifle's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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