Fountain-Fort Carson and Rampart are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The Trojans will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Rams at 4:00 p.m. Fountain-Fort Carson is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.4 runs per game this season.
Fountain-Fort Carson barely beat Liberty the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Trojans were the clear victors by a 10-3 margin over the Lancers on Wednesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Trojans.
James Jones looked comfortable as he struck out seven batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
Karter Vega-Hernandez
| 03/28/25 vs Palmer | 3 |
| 03/15/25 @ Pueblo Centennial | 3 |
| 04/02/25 vs Liberty | 2 |
| 03/29/25 vs Thornton | 2 |
| 03/28/25 vs Coronado | 2 |
| + 3 more games |
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Karter Vega-Hernandez, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4. He is becoming a predictor of Fountain-Fort Carson's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 6-1 (and 1-5 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Nathan Illert, who scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Fountain-Fort Carson was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .433. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Meanwhile, Rampart lost 15-4 to Doherty on Tuesday. The Rams haven't had much luck with the Spartans recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Rampart saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Liam Martin, who scored a run while going 1-for-1. That run marked the first that Martin scored this season.
Rampart's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Fountain-Fort Carson, they now have a winning record of 7-6.
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