Baseball Recap: Rampart Drops Highest Score of Season Against Liberty

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rampart). Everything went their way against the Liberty Lancers on Saturday as they made off with a 17-6 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.

Liam Martin

Hits (Career)

04/12/25 @ Liberty	4
03/07/25 @ Fruita Monument	2
05/18/24 vs Cherokee Trail	2
05/03/24 vs Cheyenne Mountain	2
04/29/24 vs Fountain-Fort Carson	2

Liam Martin and Justus Derickson were a major factor while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Martin struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Derickson tossed two innings while giving up just one earned run but no hits. Rampart is undefeated when Martin allows two or fewer earned runs, but 0-8 otherwise. At bat, Martin went 4-for-5 with four RBI and two doubles, while Derickson scored three runs while going 3-for-4. Those four hits gave Martin a new career-high.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Will Jackson, who went 4-for-5 with three runs and four RBI. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Vince Carpio, who scored three runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.

Rampart was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .579. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in four consecutive contests.

Rampart's win was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 3-8. As for Liberty, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost seven of their last nine games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 6-9 record this season.

Rampart will head out to take on Cheyenne Mountain at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Liberty, they will be playing at home against Pine Creek at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Eagles will aim to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.