Laramie Colts Split Doubleheader Against Ft. Collins

The Laramie Colts and Ft. Collins Foxes finished their rained out game from Sunday and played their already scheduled game on Tuesday night in a doubleheader format at Cowboy Field.

The action picked where it had been stopped on Sunday due to rain, in the middle of the third inning, with the Colts up 1-0. The Foxes scored 9 runs in the fourth inning to blaze to a 10-1 win.

Ft. Collins was not able to keep the momentum going into the second game as Laramie scored 2 runs in the bottom of the first inning. Both teams went scoreless the rest of the way and the Colts won 2-0 to move to 8-6 on the season.

Dan Maurer picked up the win for the Colts in the later game. He pitched all 7 innings and had 6 strikeouts while giving up 3 hits. James Threw and Anthony Razos each had a hit. Mickey Phelps went 0-1, but was hit by a pitch, walked, stole 2 bases and scored a run for Laramie.

Kory Kiro took the loss for the Foxes in 4 plus innings on the mound. Kiro had on strikeout, allowed 2 earned runs on 2 hits and issued 4 walks. Luke Bell relieved Kiro for the final 2 innings and had 1 strikeout. Alex Padilla, Ryan Javech and Travis Parsons each had 1 hit for Ft. Collins.

On Wednesday the Colts will play the Foxes in Ft. Collins at 6:35 pm. Laramie will be back at Cowboy Field on Thursday to play the Cheyenne Grizzlies at 6:35 PM.