The Grand Junction Tigers will challenge the Palisade Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Palisade took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Grand Junction, who comes in off a win.
Grand Junction will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Thursday, then bounced right back against Cedaredge on Wednesday. Grand Junction blew past Cedaredge 16-8. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Palisade entered their match against Grand Junction Central on Monday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Palisade lost 17-3 to Grand Junction Central. It was the first time this season that the Bulldogs let down their fans at home.
Anaiah Guajardo-Zarate was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-3 with a home run. She is on a roll when it comes to home runs, as she's now launched at least one in the last three games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Madi Gray, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Grand Junction has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for Palisade, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 8-3.
Everything went Grand Junction's way against Palisade in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as Grand Junction made off with a 15-5 victory. Will Grand Junction repeat their success, or does Palisade have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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