AURORA | Sophomore Diego Velasquez earned himself and the Smoky Hill baseball team a win with a walk-off grand slam March 17 in the Buffaloes’ 10-8 non-league win over Fort Collins.
Velasquez came on in relief of starter Ayden Grimble and surrendered a two-run home run to the Lambkins’ Blake Templeton in the top of the seventh inning, but came up in the bottom of the inning with the bases loaded.
He was 0-for-3 at that point, but cleared the bases with his game-winning blast.
Sophomore Dylan McKee went 3-for-3 and scored three times to lead Smoky Hill’s offensive attack and joined senior Isaac Sprinkle with two RBI.
Smoky Hill moved to 3-1 on the season ahead of a March 22 home game against Adams City (1-2).
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SMOKY HILL 10, FORT COLLINS 8
Score by innings:
Fort Collins 002 400 2 — 8
Smoky Hill 120 030 4 — 10
WP — Smoky Hill: Diego Velasquez (1 1/3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K). Smoky Hill hitting: Dylan McKee 3-3, 2 RBI, 3 runs; Isaac Sprinkle 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI; Cam Kennedy 1-3, 2B, RBI, run; Diego Velasquez 1-4, HR, 4 RBI