Overland is 1-9 against Arapahoe since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Overland Trailblazers will head out on the road to challenge the Arapahoe Warriors at 4:15 p.m. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Overland is is headed into Tuesday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 29th straight game dating back to last season on Saturday. They fell just short of Gateway by a score of 4-2.
Scott Dewey put in work no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 13 over 6.2 innings pitched. Dewey has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in nine consecutive pitching appearances. Dewey was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 1-for-3.
Dewey wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Orlando Delgado Hurtado, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Even though they lost, Overland didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Gateway only tossed nine.
Meanwhile, Arapahoe came up short against Eaglecrest on Friday and fell 9-4.
Overland's record now sits at 0-18. As for Arapahoe, their loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 12-8.
Overland might still be hurting after the 12-0 defeat they got from Arapahoe in their previous meeting on Tuesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Arapahoe's Cain Gostenik, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out nine over four innings pitched. Now that Overland knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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