The Highland Hawks will challenge the Mountain View Toros at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Highland is coming into the game hot, having won their last six games.
Highland's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top against Gilbert by a score of 4-0.
Highland got a great performance from Kennedie Nelson as she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over six innings pitched. Nelson has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in 12 consecutive appearances.
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On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Karsyn Norton, who went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and two runs. She has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of MadiLynn Bowen, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
Highland hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. The team has now struck out at least three batters in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last game, Mountain View made sure to put some runs up on the board against Westwood on Thursday. The Toros blew past the Warriors 10-0. Considering the Toros have won 11 matches by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Kylynn Sylvester was incredible, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Hadlie Goodman, who went 1-for-2 with two runs and one stolen base.
Mountain View has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 14 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.6 runs on average over those games. As for Highland, they pushed their record up to 18-9 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Saturday. Highland hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.6 home runs per game. However, it's not like Mountain View struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.9 home runs. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Highland skirted past Mountain View 8-7 in their previous matchup back in March of 2019. Will the Hawks repeat their success, or do the Toros have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
