Morning Sports: July 1, 2024

Sheridan Troopers Legion Baseball: The Sheridan Troopers Legion Baseball Team ended up with a 3-2 record this past weekend at a tournament held in Billings, Montana.

On Thursday, the team split games as they defeated the Lightning Baseball Academy from Parker, Colorado 6-2, then lost against Great Falls, by the same 6-2 score.

On Friday, Sheridan had a 5-2 lead going into the bottom of the 7th inning vs. Williston, North Dakota, then committed 2 errors and ended up losing in walk-off fashion 6-5.

On Saturday, the Troopers defeated Miles City 8-7 in 8 innings.

Yesterday the bats showed up as the team scored 6 in the 2nd and 6 in the 5th, to put the mercy rule on Dickinson, North Dakota 13-3.

July is now here and that means there’s about 1 month to go in the season, give or take a few days.

Head Coach Austin Cowen says Sheridan has been playing a lot of tough competition lately, and the Troopers are right about where he wants them to be.

The team is back in action this coming Wednesday with a pair of conference games at Laramie.

The next home game is scheduled for 1 week from tomorrow.

Colorado Rockies Baseball: The Colorado Rockies ended up dropping 2 out of 3 games this past weekend on the road against the Chicago White Sox.

On Friday, the Rocks lost 5-3.

Brenton Doyle hit a 2-run home run and Michael Toglia provided a solo shot, but that was it for the offense.

On Saturday, Colorado lost 11-3.

Brendan Rogers hit a solo home run and Nolan Jones knocked one out of the park for 2 runs and the Rockies had a 3-zip lead going into the bottom of the 5th, but it was all White Sox after that.

Yesterday, the Rocks avoided the 3-game sweep by winning 5-4 in 14 innings.

The season has now passed the halfway mark, and Colorado has a record of 28-55, which puts them in last place in the NL West and they trail the LA Dodgers by 23 games.

The Rockies start a 7-game homestand today, with 4-games vs. Milwaukee, followed by 3-games vs. Kansas City.

First pitch tonight is scheduled for 6:40.