Softball Preview: El Capitan Vaqueros vs. Helix Highlanders
After four games on the road, El Capitan is heading back home. They will take on the Helix Highlanders at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. El Capitan's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Helix's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Saturday, El Capitan earned an 8-3 victory over Point Loma. That's two games straight that El Capitan has won by exactly five runs.
Alyssa Cole tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, El Capitan got a massive performance out of Aubrey Thorne, who went 1-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Kylee Frazier, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Helix lost 10-1 to Sage Creek on Saturday. Helix has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Helix saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ta'Tiannah Wright, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
The win got El Capitan back to even at 10-10-4. As for Helix, their loss dropped their record down to 8-12.
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