The Evergreen Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Standley Lake Gators at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Evergreen is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Alameda just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Pirates by a score of 8-7.
Jack Teska was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits. Teska has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Teska was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Griffin Gonsman was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-1. Colby Levesque was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Standley Lake came up short against Golden on Saturday and fell 5-2. The loss continues a trend for Standley Lake in their matchups with Golden: they've now lost six in a row.
Standley Lake saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chris Blanco, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Evergreen's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-9. As for Standley Lake, their loss dropped their record down to 10-9.
Evergreen came up short against Standley Lake in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, falling 11-8. Can Evergreen avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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