Thursday just wasn't the day for Battle Mountain's offense. They suffered a tough 14-0 loss at the hands of the Palisade Bulldogs on Thursday. Battle Mountain has not had much luck with Palisade recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Battle Mountain saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Reed, who went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
On Palisade's side, Hunter Howard was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Kian Kinslow, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Battle Mountain's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Palisade, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4-1 record this season.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Battle Mountain by a score of 13-1 later that day.
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