Grand Junction is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Fruita Monument is on a six-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Grand Junction Tigers will take on the Fruita Monument Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Grand Junction is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Centaurus on Friday as Grand Junction made off with a 15-1 win. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded Grand Junction with their most commanding win of the season.
Titus Forsyth was a standout: he scored a run while going 2-for-4. Tyler Johnson was another key contributor, scoring three runs while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Fruita Monument earned a 7-4 victory over Durango on Saturday.
The team relied heavily on Kolton Hicks, who went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Carter Hines, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Grand Junction has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. As for Fruita Monument, their win bumped their record up to 14-4.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Grand Junction hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Fruita Monument struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.7. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Grand Junction came up short against Fruita Monument in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, falling 9-5. Will Grand Junction have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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