The Fossil Ridge SaberCats will head out on the road to take on the Douglas County Huskies at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Fossil Ridge will be coming into the matchup with an undefeated record on the line.
Fossil Ridge put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They blew past Horizon 12-2. That's two games straight that Fossil Ridge has won by exactly ten runs.
Tyler Kephart was a standout: he scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Luc Gaca-Thiele was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Douglas County fell victim to a tough 11-2 loss at the hands of Rocky Mountain on Wednesday. Douglas County has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Douglas County saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gunnar Tinari, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Fossil Ridge pushed their record up to 6-0 with that victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. They've been dominating during the games in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 8.6 runs. As for Douglas County, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-3.
Fossil Ridge might still be hurting after the 6-0 loss they got from Douglas County in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Thankfully for Fossil Ridge, Hunter Gotschall (who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out ten over seven innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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