The Green Mountain Rams will be playing at home against the Wheat Ridge Farmers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Green Mountain has six straight wins, Wheat Ridge has 33 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Green Mountain can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent contest on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Conifer a 10-0 shutout.
Demetreus Padilla made a splash no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Padilla has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. Padilla was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Green Mountain got a massive performance out of Craig Busse, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and a double. Another player making a difference was DJ Villalovas, who went 3-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI.
Wheat Ridge lost 16-4 to Standley Lake on Wednesday.
Green Mountain's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-5. As for Wheat Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 0-21.
Everything went Green Mountain's way against Wheat Ridge in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as Green Mountain made off with a 17-2 win. Will Green Mountain repeat their success, or does Wheat Ridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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