Littleton and Conifer are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Littleton Lions will head out on the road to face off against the Conifer Lobos at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Littleton is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
Last Tuesday, Littleton fell victim to a rough 18-4 defeat at the hands of D'Evelyn. Littleton has struggled against D'Evelyn recently, as their contest on Tuesday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Littleton got a good showing from Luke Kennedy, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Thomas Kusner made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-1. Lucas Calonder was another key contributor, going 1-for-2 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Conifer fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Standley Lake on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Gators by a score of 4-3.
Conifer saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cole Margulis, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Margulis has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Littleton's record now sits at 5-11. As for Conifer, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-9 record this season.
Littleton might still be hurting after the 16-2 loss they got from Conifer in their previous meeting on April 9th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Conifer's Brandon Roe, who struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Now that Littleton knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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