The matchup between Palisade and Steamboat Springs on Saturday hardly resembled the 0-0 effort from their previous meeting. Everything went the Palisade Bulldogs' way against the Steamboat Springs Sailors as the Palisade Bulldogs made off with a 15-5 win. Considering Palisade has won four contests by more than six runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Garrett Draper looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. Will Seriani relieved him and did a solid job, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits (he also only allowed one walk).
At the plate, Palisade got a massive performance out of Dylon Larson, who scored two runs and stole five bases while going 2-for-2. Hunter Howard was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-5.
On Steamboat Springs' side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jesse Hamric, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Palisade's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-3-1. They've been dominating during the matchups in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 9.3 runs. As for Steamboat Springs, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-3.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Palisade beat Steamboat Springs by a score of 23-0 later that day.
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