Softball Recap: Capital Golden Eagles vs. Boise Brave
On Tuesday, Capital faced Boise in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Everything went the Capital Golden Eagles' way against the Boise Brave as the Capital Golden Eagles made off with a 15-3 win. Capital might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won four matches by seven runs or more this season.
McKenna Chavez was incredible, going 3-for-3 with a home run, five RBI, and a triple. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Lizzy Turpen, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4.
On Boise's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lucy Hopstad, who went 1-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
Capital is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Boise, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-4.
Capital will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Borah at 5:00 p.m. Borah's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Capital's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Boise, they will head out on the road to challenge Centennial at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Boise is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.9 runs per game this season.
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