It was a good run, but Evergreen unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Green Mountain Rams by a score of 11-9. Evergreen has not had much luck with Green Mountain recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Griffin Gonsman and Jack Teska stepped up to the plate in a big way. Gonsman scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Teska went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Gonsman has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
On Green Mountain's side, Robinson Cook tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over 5.2 innings while giving up three earned (and four unearned) runs off ten hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Gavin Horton, who went 3-for-4 with a home run and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Hudson Burke, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Evergreen now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Green Mountain, they pushed their record up to 6-2 with that victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Evergreen will take on Golden at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Golden's pitching crew has only allowed 1.4 runs per game this season, so Evergreen's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Green Mountain, they will be playing at home against D'Evelyn at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. D'Evelyn will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
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