The Castle Rock Rockets will challenge the Kalama Chinooks at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Thursday just wasn't the day for Castle Rock's offense. They came up short against Seton Catholic on Thursday, falling 7-0. The Rockets haven't had much luck with the Cougars recently, as the team has come up short the last eight times they've met.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Kalama). Everything went their way against Stevenson on Thursday as they made off with a 29-13 victory. The Chinooks haven't had any issues with the Bulldogs recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive win against them.
Kalama let Hudson Moon and Drew Schlangen run wild. Moon went 4-for-5 with three stolen bases, four runs, and three RBI, while Schlangen went 4-for-7 with two triples, five RBI, and three runs. Those five RBI gave Schlangen a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Nash Logue, who got on base in three of his six plate appearances with four runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
Kalama was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .488. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Kalama picked up their first road victory, bumping their record up to 3-16. As for Castle Rock, their loss dropped their record down to 10-7-1.
Castle Rock beat Kalama 8-4 in their previous matchup back in March of 2024. Will the Rockets repeat their success, or do the Chinooks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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