By PBR Colorado Staff

April baseball is upon us and teams are gearing up for a wild 5 weeks to make the playoffs.  Here is a look at this past weekend's action.

Bear Creek (5-5) 2 Chatfield (8-2) 1
Bear Creek scored 1 run in the first and another in the 7^th to beat Chatfield Saturday.  Chatfield tied the game in the top of the 5^th, but Bear Creek scored the winning run in the bottom of the 7^th.  Both pitchers for each team did an outstanding job.  Bear Creeks’ Jack Radford allowed on 3 hits and 1 run in 5.2 innings.

Pine Creek (7-1) 1 Palmer (5-3) 3
Palmer got only 4 hits but scored 3 runs to beat Pine Creek on Saturday.  Pine Creek’s Jordan Bahppell (2017) in 7 innings only allowed 4 hits giving up the 1 run, and had 4 strikeouts.  For Pine Creek their pitcher, Wade Counciel (2016) pitched 5 innings only allowing 4 hits, and only gave up 2 earned runs. 

Legend (2-6) 8 Cherokee Trail (2-2) 9
Cherokee Trail continued to put up the numbers with some great hitting, they had a number of players that contributed offensively as they beat Legend on Saturday.  Eric Cox, Conner Nantkes, Nick Perez all 2017 grads combined for 6 hits and 4 RBI’s.  Legend’s Justin Boyd (2019) went 1 for 3 and had 3 RBI’s, and Taj Mitchell (2016) went 3 for 4.

Rocky Mountain (3-3) 14 Loveland (1-5)
Rocky Mountain’s Austin Alarid (2016) threw 4.1 inning only allowing 1 hit with 1 walk and 4 strikeouts, as Rocky Mountain put up 14 runs Saturday.

Rangeview (4-3) 9 Adams City (4-3) 3
Rangeview beat Adams City on Saturday behind the run support provided by Isaiah Carrillo (2017) 2 for 3 with 1 RBI, Josh Schumacher (2016) 1 for 4 with 2 RBI’s, and Edgar Castaneda (2016) who was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI’s.

Ralston Valley (5-3) 9 Columbine (4-6) 2
Ralston Valley beat Columbine at Columbine on Saturday.  Ralston Valley’s Peter Carlson (2016) was 2 for 4, Josh Robinson (2016) was 3 for 5, Tanner Hauptman (2016) was 3 for 5 with 2 RBI’s and Drake Davis (2017) was 3 for 4 with 2 RBI’s to lead Ralston Valley.  Columbine put up 12 hits but could only score 2 runs.  Tommy Gillman (2016) was 2 for 4 with a home run, and Mikey Griebel (2017) was 3 for 4. 

Pueblo Centennial (8-1) 7 Pueblo South (7-2) 2
Holding just a 2 to 1 lead going into the top of the 6 the Bulldogs exploded to put up a 5 spot in the top half of the inning, and went on the win 7-2.  B. Finegold (2017) pitched 5.1 innings allowing just 4 hits with 2 earned runs. 

Mountain View (6-0) 2 Niwot (3-6) 0
Mountain View scored 2 runs on just 1 hit, to beat Niwot on Saturday.  Niwot’s pitcher Ford Ladd (2016) threw 6 innings allowing just 1 hit with just 1 earned run, while striking out 7.  Mountain View’s pitcher Logan Bernhardt (2016) threw a complete game allowing just 3 hits with 7 strike outs. 

Other Scores:

Ponderosa 8 Evergreen 4

Pueblo East 13 Pueblo Central 3

Standley Lake 14 Thorton 4

Faith Christian 4 Machebeuf 0