Conifer and Littleton are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Conifer Lobos will be playing at home against the Littleton Lions at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Conifer fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Standley Lake on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Gators by a score of 4-3.
Conifer saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cole Margulis, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Margulis is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played.
Meanwhile, Littleton fell victim to a rough 18-4 defeat at the hands of D'Evelyn on Tuesday. Littleton has struggled against D'Evelyn recently, as their match on Tuesday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Littleton also got a good showing from Luke Kennedy, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, Thomas Kusner made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-1. Another player making a difference was Robby Schiebel, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Conifer's loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Littleton, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-11.
Everything went Conifer's way against Littleton when the teams last played on April 9th as Conifer made off with a 16-2 victory. Does Conifer have another victory up their sleeve, or will Littleton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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