Softball Recap: La Costa Canyon Mavericks vs. Granite Hills Eagles
After losing to Granite Hills the last time they met, La Costa Canyon decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The La Costa Canyon Mavericks came out on top against the Granite Hills Eagles by a score of 5-2 on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for La Costa Canyon.
Addison Brown spent all nine innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned runs on five hits and racked up six Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Sienna Curry was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Layla Theissen, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
On Granite Hills' side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaleigh Baugher, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
La Costa Canyon pushed their record up to 10-3 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.3 runs per game. As for Granite Hills, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-7.
La Costa Canyon will look to defend their home field on Monday against Cathedral Catholic at 3:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Cathedral Catholic: 1.4, La Costa Canyon: 2.3) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Granite Hills, they will head out on the road to challenge Poway at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The last four games Poway has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
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