Rocky Mountain is 1-9 against Fossil Ridge since September of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Rocky Mountain Lobos will face off against the Fossil Ridge SaberCats at 3:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Rocky Mountain took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Poudre as Rocky Mountain made off with a 16-4 victory. The high-scoring effort was just what the Lobos needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Sophia Meyer made a splash no matter where she played. She tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Meyer was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and two doubles.
In other batting news, Rocky Mountain got a massive performance out of Jamie Sawyer, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Navaeh Winfrey, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Rocky Mountain always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .774. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Fossil Ridge). They put the hurt on Poudre with a sharp 25-4 win on Tuesday. Considering the SaberCats have won six games by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Like Rocky Mountain, Fossil Ridge also got a great game from a two-way player: Savannah Cardenas. On the mound, she pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. What's more, Cardenas also racked up four strikeouts, the mostshe's had since back in September of 2023. She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
In other pitching news, Lucy Ostapovich looked comfortable as she tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
Back at the plate, Fossil Ridge got a massive performance out of Kylie Garcia, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, seven RBI, and two runs. The dominant performance also gave Garcia a new career-high in hits. Another player making a difference was Rylee Bullers, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4.
Rocky Mountain's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-14. As for Fossil Ridge, their win bumped their record up to 9-11.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Rocky Mountain hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like Fossil Ridge struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Rocky Mountain might still be hurting after the 15-0 defeat they got from Fossil Ridge in their previous matchup back in September. Can Rocky Mountain avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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