Silver Creek put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Longmont Trojans a 10-0 shutout. This was payback for Silver Creek, who suffered an 8-6 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Nolan Gaccetta tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over six innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Silver Creek got a massive performance out of Isaac Sandberg, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Nate Spiegel, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI and a double.
Silver Creek has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Longmont, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-9.
Silver Creek will have a chance to go back-to-back against Longmont: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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