The Pueblo Central Wildcats will take on the Bend Lava Bears at 11:00 a.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Pueblo Central is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victor by an 18-7 margin over Northridge on Tuesday. The Wildcats have beaten the Grizzlies the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Grizzlies has come to flipping the script.
Jordan Arguello
| 03/18/25 @ Northridge | 3 |
| 03/14/25 vs Greeley West | 2 |
| 03/11/25 vs Fountain-Fort Carson | 2 |
| 03/15/25 vs Skyline | 1 |
| 03/10/25 vs Widefield | 1 |
Jordan Arguello was a standout: he scored two runs and stole Three bases. while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in stolen bases. Brogan Golob was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while going 2-for-2.
Pueblo Central always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .625. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Bend made easy work of McDaniel on Thursday and carried off an 11-2 victory.
Cole Cooper made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. Cooper was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-5 with one triple, one stolen base, and two RBI.
In other batting news, Lewis Knapp and Marcio Silva did most of the damage at the plate: Knapp scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Silva scored two runs and stole Two bases. while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Kaden Cooper, who went 2-for-5 with three RBI.
Pueblo Central's win bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Bend, their victory was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 1-0.
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