Evergreen and Green Mountain are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2016, but likely not for long. The Evergreen Cougars will be playing at home against the Green Mountain Rams at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Evergreen is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Tuesday, just like they did against Littleton (and have done all season long). Evergreen blew past Littleton 16-6. The win made it back-to-back victories for Evergreen.
Jack Teska was a major factor no matter where he played. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned run or hits. Teska was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 3-for-5.
In other batting news, Evergreen got a massive performance out of Griffin Gonsman, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all six of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Cole Laursen, who went 2-for-6 with four RBI, two runs, and a double.
Meanwhile, Green Mountain made easy work of Standley Lake on Tuesday and carried off an 11-1 victory.
Simon Lunsford tossed a big game, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Will Livingood, who went 3-for-3 with a home run, three runs, and two RBI. Demetreus Padilla was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI.
The win got Evergreen back to even at 7-7. As for Green Mountain, their victory was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-3.
Evergreen couldn't quite finish off Green Mountain when the teams last played on April 6th and fell 11-9. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Padilla, who went 2-for-5 with a home run, five RBI, and a double. Now that Evergreen knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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