Southeast Colorado has been away from home for three games now, but on Tuesday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Lamar Thunder at 4:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Saturday, everything went Southeast Colorado's way against Burlington as Southeast Colorado made off with a 15-1 victory. That's two games straight that the Angels have won by exactly 14 runs.
Meanwhile, Lamar had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Mean Moose as they made off with an 8-1 win. Eight seems to be a good number for the Thunder as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Chloe Weber made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Weber was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a triple, a run, and a double.
In other batting news, Annabelle Morales was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4. She is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last three games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Khloe Fernandez, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Lamar kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now hit at least 11 hits in four consecutive games.
Southeast Colorado is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Lamar, their win bumped their record up to 15-5.
Southeast Colorado was able to grind out a solid victory over Lamar when the teams last played back in September, winning 5-1. Will Southeast Colorado repeat their success, or does Lamar have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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