Softball Preview: Granite Hills Cougars vs. Adelanto Saints
Granite Hills is 10-0 against Adelanto since May of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Granite Hills Cougars will head out on the road to take on the Adelanto Saints at 3:15 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Granite Hills has nine straight victories, Adelanto has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Granite Hills stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They blew past Adelanto 12-1. 12 seems to be a good number for Granite Hills as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Mia Vazquez was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Vazquez has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Vazquez was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Granite Hills got a massive performance out of Emily Marks, who went 3-for-3 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. Jazmine Gonzalez was another key contributor, going 2-for-2 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI.
Granite Hills has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4-1 record this season. As for Adelanto, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-9.
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