Cherry Creek had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.4 runs), and they went ahead and made it eight on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Cherokee Trail Cougars by a score of 5-1. That's more bragging rights for Cherry Creek, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Ryan Falke tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Eddie Esquivel was excellent, going 1-for-3 with a home run. Another player making a difference was Sean Goldy, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
On Cherokee Trail's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Akoi Burton, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Cherry Creek has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4-1 record this season. As for Cherokee Trail, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-6.
Cherry Creek will head out on the road to square off against Chatfield at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Chatfield has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 7.24 runs per game on average), something Cherry Creek will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Cherokee Trail, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Mullen at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Cherokee Trail is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.9 runs per game this season.
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