Alpine proved they can win big last Wednesday (they won by 15) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out the Colorado Wolves 6-5. This was payback for the Bucks, who suffered an 8-1 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Taryn Hardin spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and four unearned) runs on eight hits.
At the plate, Kacy Hawkins was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Bucks
| 03/21/25 @ Colorado | 6-5 |
| 03/19/25 vs Presidio | 19-4 |
| 03/15/25 @ Anthony | 23-0 |
The win was the third in a row for Alpine, bringing their record up to 8-14. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Colorado, with the loss, they broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 13-6-1.
Coming up, Alpine will face off against Tornillo at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Tornillo has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 13.89 runs per game on average), something Alpine will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Colorado, they will challenge Sonora at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Colorado's pitchers better be ready for this one: Sonora has averaged an impressive 9.1 runs per game this season.
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