Palisade serves Steamboat baseball 2 tough losses
PALISADE — To open the 2021 season, the Steamboat Springs High School baseball team traveled to known regional powerhouse Palisade.
The Bulldogs defeated the Sailors in shortened games, 19-1, 10-0, Saturday.
Steamboat scored the first run of the first inning in game one, but three runs in the first and five in the second help Palisade develop an 8-1 advantage. Eleven more runs in the third brought the score to 19-1. When the Sailors couldn’t cut into the deficit in the top of the fourth, the game was cut short.
In game two, Steamboat held the Bulldogs to a 1-0 lead through three innings but allowed nine runs in the fourth.
The game was cut short after four and a half innings.
Steamboat next plays Saturday at Battle Mountain.
Palisade 19, Steamboat Springs 1
SS 100 0XX X – 1
P 3511 XXX X – 19
Palisade 10, Steamboat Springs 0
SS 000 00X X – 0
P 100 9XX X – 10
Shelby Reardon is the assistant editor at the Steamboat Pilot & Today. To reach her, call 970-871-4253, email sreardon@SteamboatPilot.com or follow her on Twitter @ByShelbyReardon.
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