It was horrible. The wind picked up. It had to be like 10 degrees.
We just couldn't get the offense going. We did hit the ball well, we got five hits, but Rifle played well and turned some nice double plays. It was that fateful third inning that hurt us. Eli Snead from Rifle nailed a huge home run right into the wind.
Our team is still hibernating. But if our guys can avoid getting down, I think we will continue to improve and will be competitive in the Western Slope League this season.
It was beautiful weather. I told the guys before the game that this might be the best weather we see all spring. We had a lot of fun.
We were in the second game. We were right there.
Delta is a team that's always real competitive. We are pointing to them as the top team in the league. They are well-coached and have great ballplayers.
We scored early, but the bats kind of fell silent in the middle of the game. They take their baseball seriously. It was fun to go over there and play them.
They scored nine runs in the fourth inning. Of those nine, five were unearned. That was pretty much the story of the game.
Their pitcher was excellent. He limited what we could do at the plate.
We hit the ball hard today, but most of the time it was at somebody. I thought we played well, but we didn't get any key hits that we needed.