Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pine Creek). Everything went their way against the Fountain-Fort Carson Trojans on Tuesday as the Pine Creek Eagles made off with a 23-1 win. Winning may never get old, but the Eagles sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Mariah Payne looked comfortable as she pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Makenzie *MJ* Eberly, who went 3-for-3 with a home run, four runs, and four RBI. That's the most hits she has posted since back in September of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Kailani *Kai* Shideler, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pine Creek didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fountain-Fort Carson only tossed a.
The victory got Pine Creek back to even at 5-5. As for Fountain-Fort Carson, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-9.
Pine Creek will venture away from home to challenge Castle View at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Pine Creek will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last. As for Fountain-Fort Carson, they will face off against Rampart at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Fountain-Fort Carson has given up an average of 12.2 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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