Cheyenne Mountain waltzed into their matchup on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Everything went their way against the Fountain-Fort Carson Trojans as they made off with an 18-1 victory. The Red-Tailed Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matches by seven runs or more this season.
Addison Gutschick made a big impact no matter where she played. She struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (and not a single walk). That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in September of 2023. She was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Cheyenne Mountain got a big performance out of Madison Anderson, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Rylie Hanna, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cheyenne Mountain always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .562. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fountain-Fort Carson only posted an OBP of .182.
Cheyenne Mountain has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. As for Fountain-Fort Carson, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-19.
Cheyenne Mountain has already played their next contest, a 10-4 loss against Discovery Canyon on the 7th. As for Fountain-Fort Carson, they will take on Pueblo West at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pueblo West is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.4 runs per game this season.
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