The Standley Lake Gators will head out on the road to challenge the Wheat Ridge Farmers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Standley Lake is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.2 runs per game this season.
On Wednesday, Standley Lake needed a bit of extra time to put away Conifer. They had just enough and edged the Lobos out 4-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Standley Lake.
The team relied heavily on Will Berge, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
Meanwhile, sadly, Wheat Ridge is still looking for their first win of the season after 15 matches. They suffered a rough 16-0 defeat at the hands of Golden on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that Wheat Ridge has lost by exactly 16 runs.
Even though they lost, Wheat Ridge didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Standley Lake pushed their record up to 8-7 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Wheat Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 0-15.
Wheat Ridge's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Standley Lake has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 9.4 hits per game. It's a different story for Wheat Ridge, though, as they've been averaging 10.6. Given Standley Lake's sizable advantage in that area, Wheat Ridge will need to find a way to close that gap.
Standley Lake took their victory against Wheat Ridge in their previous meeting on April 9th by a conclusive 20-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Standley Lake since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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