The Lakewood Tigers will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Fruita Monument Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Wednesday, everything went Lakewood's way against Denver South as Lakewood made off with a 13-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Lakewood.
CJ Mahoney was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Mahoney was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Lakewood got a big performance out of Matthew Gordon, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Sean Lann was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Fruita Monument waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They walked away with a 7-2 victory over the Bulldogs.
Kolton Hicks was excellent, going 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Hunter Smolinski, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Lakewood's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-6. As for Fruita Monument, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Lakewood might still be hurting after the 8-2 loss they got from Fruita Monument when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Will Lakewood have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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