The Fossil Ridge SaberCats are taking a road trip to take on the Greeley West Spartans at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
Fossil Ridge is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 17 runs on Thursday, they were much more limited against Windsor on Saturday. They fell just short of the Wizards by a score of 2-1. The SaberCats' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, everything went Greeley West's way against Poudre on Thursday as Greeley West made off with a 15-1 win. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matches by eight runs or more this season.
Greeley West got a massive performance out of Madison DeVaullt, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. What's more, DeVaullt also racked up three hits, the mostshe's had since back in August. Iyanna Martinez was another key player, going 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Greeley West always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .514. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Poudre only posted an OBP of .056.
Fossil Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Greeley West, they pushed their record up to 12-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Fossil Ridge has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.1 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Greeley West struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.9. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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