The Lewis-Palmer Rangers will face off against the Douglas County Huskies at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lewis-Palmer has six straight wins, Douglas County has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Lewis-Palmer is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Pueblo County, who was ranked 11th at the time (Lewis-Palmer was ranked third). Lewis-Palmer beat Pueblo County last Saturday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 5-1.
Daniel Fox was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in doubles (two). Joey Davis was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double.
Meanwhile, Douglas County lost 10-3 to Pueblo West on Saturday.
Gunnar Gienger was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off four hits. He has become a key player for Douglas County: the team is 2-1 when he allows at most two earned runs, but 0-5 otherwise.
On the hitting side, Bricen Moore was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-4 with one triple, one run, and one RBI. Parker Gianesses also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Lewis-Palmer's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-0. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Douglas County, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.
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