With a playoff game on the line, La Junta rose to the challenge on Saturday. They walked away with a 6-1 victory over the Sterling Tigers. The win was familiar territory for La Junta who now have three in a row.
Luke Garner spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on six hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Gavin Denahy, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more RBI the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Tony Rodriguez, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with a triple and two RBI.
On Sterling's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dayten DiOrio, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Even though they lost, Sterling 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.
La Junta pushed their record up to 13-11 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Sterling, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 15-8 record this season.
La Junta is on the road again on Saturday to play Colorado Academy at 3:00 p.m. Colorado Academy's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so La Junta's hitters will have their work cut out for them. Sterling does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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