The Platte Canyon Huskies will venture away from home to square off against the Englewood Pirates at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Platte Canyon is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.4 runs per game this season.
Platte Canyon took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They put the hurt on Arrupe Jesuit with a sharp 15-2 win. The Huskies haven't had any issues with the Generals recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive victory against them.
Jacob Haase
| 04/21/25 vs Arrupe Jesuit | 4 |
| 04/14/25 vs Middle Park | 3 |
| 04/07/25 @ Arvada | 2 |
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Jacob Haase and Nathan Laabs were major factors while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Haase pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Laabs pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave Haase a new career-high in strikeouts (four). At the plate, Haase got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and three runs, while Laabs went 2-for-4 with three runs and one RBI. Laabs has become a key player for Platte Canyon: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 0-9 otherwise.
In other batting news, Platte Canyon let Colton Shirley and Jerod Horta run wild. Shirley went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, five RBI, and one run, while Horta got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run and three runs. That's the most stolen bases Shirley has posted since back in March. Christian Walters was another key player, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
Platte Canyon was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .409. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Arrupe Jesuit only posted a batting average of .118.
Meanwhile, Englewood lost 13-1 to Alameda on Monday. Englewood has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Englewood's defeat dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Platte Canyon, their win was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-6 and their overall record up to 3-9.
Platte Canyon took their victory against Englewood in their previous matchup back in March of 2018 by a conclusive 13-1 score. Do the Huskies have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Pirates turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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