Softball Recap: McAllen Bulldogs vs. Valley View Tigers
McAllen stacked a 12th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Valley View Tigers a 17-0 shutout. The victory was nothing new for McAllen as they're now sitting on five straight.
Sarah Menard was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Menard has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in eight consecutive pitching appearances. Menard was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Giada Farias was incredible, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, five RBI, and three runs. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played. Another player making a difference was Diana Villanueva, who went 2-for-3 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI.
McAllen is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6-1 record this season. As for Valley View, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-20.
McAllen will head out on the road to challenge Lopez at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Lopez: 1.5, McAllen: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned. Valley View does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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