The Summit Tigers are on the road again on Saturday to play the Steamboat Springs Sailors at 11:00 a.m. Summit will be strutting in after a victory while Steamboat Springs will be coming in after a defeat.
On Thursday, Summit needed a bit of extra time to put away Longmont. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 win over the Trojans. Five seems to be a good number for Summit as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The team relied heavily on Carter Luetkens, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played.
Meanwhile, Steamboat Springs entered their contest against Battle Mountain on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Steamboat Springs lost 12-2 to Battle Mountain. Steamboat Springs has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Steamboat Springs saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Wiley Cotter, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Summit is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a massive bump to their 10-8 record this season. As for Steamboat Springs, their loss dropped their record down to 6-13.
Summit was able to grind out a solid win over Steamboat Springs when the teams last played back in May of 2023, winning 10-5. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Steamboat Springs' Jay Phillips, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-1. Now that he won't be playing on Saturday, will it be that much easier for Summit to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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