Sand Creek is 0-10 against Falcon since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Sand Creek Scorpions will head out on the road to take on the Falcon Falcons at 3:30 p.m. Falcon took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Sand Creek, who comes in off a win.
Falcon is hoping to do on Wednesday what Sierra couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Sand Creek's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Sand Creek's pitcher stepped up to hand Sierra a 20-0 shutout. That's two games straight that Sand Creek has won by exactly 20 runs.
Sand Creek got a massive performance out of Avyn Walter, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Emmanuel Rodriguez, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, Falcon was a bit more limited in their match on Thursday. They fell just short of The Classical Academy by a score of 3-1. Falcon's defeat signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
Parker Cordova was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
At the plate, Falcon saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Uriah Maestas, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Even though they lost, Falcon didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as The Classical Academy only tossed four.
The win got Sand Creek back to even at 8-8-1. As for Falcon, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-4.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Wednesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Sand Creek has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.4 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Falcon struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.4. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Sand Creek might still be hurting after the 13-3 defeat they got from Falcon in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Can Sand Creek avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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