If Basalt was feeling good fresh off their 28-5 takedown of Aspen last Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Basalt Longhorns took a 9-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Rifle Bears on Tuesday. The Longhorns haven't had much luck with the Bears recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Basalt saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Campbell Habel, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Even though they lost, Basalt hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most four strikeouts in six consecutive games.
Basalt's loss dropped their record down to 6-15. As for Rifle, the win snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 9-12 record.
Basalt will challenge Gunnison at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Gunnison knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with ten runs or more in their past six matches -- so hopefully Basalt likes a good challenge. As for Rifle, they will square off against Palisade at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Rifle is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.
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