The Legacy Lightning will face off against the Grandview Wolves at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
Legacy had taken Fossil Ridge down for three straight games at home, but that winning streak came to an end on Saturday. Legacy fell just short of Fossil Ridge by a score of 12-10. That's two games in a row now that the Lightning have lost by exactly two runs.
Owen Pagenkopp and Dominic Simmons did some serious damage despite the final result: Pagenkopp scored two runs while going 2-for-4, while Simmons scored two runs while going 1-for-1. The team also got some help courtesy of Kellen Reiser, who went 2-for-5 with one triple, one run, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Grandview entered their tilt with Fort Collins on Saturday with two consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with three. They were the clear victors by a 12-2 margin over the Lambkins. Considering the Wolves have won three matches by more than nine runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Grandview got a massive performance out of Kyler Vaughn, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run and three runs. Those three runs gave Vaughn a new career-high. Chase Chapman was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Grandview was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fort Collins only posted a batting average of .280.
This is the second loss in a row for Legacy and nudges their season record down to 1-3. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only two runs. As for Grandview, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
Legacy skirted past Grandview 5-4 in their previous meeting back in May of 2022. Will Legacy repeat their success, or does Grandview has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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