Softball Recap: Sunny Hills extends home winning streak to three

By Team Reports Apr 10, 2024, 5:16pm

Softball Recap: Sunny Hills Lancers vs. Troy Warriors

Sunny Hills waltzed into their game on Wednesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They never let the Troy Warriors onto the board and left with a 10-0 win. That's two games straight that Sunny Hills has won by exactly ten runs.

Ava Flores and Elayna Marquez C did most of the damage at the plate: Flores scored two runs while going 2-for-4, while Marquez C scored a run while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Olivia Pedraza C, who scored three runs while going 2-for-4.

Sunny Hills pushed their record up to 8-7 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.7 runs per game. As for Troy, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-11 record this season.

Sunny Hills will take on Sonora at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Sunny Hills: 3.3, Sonora: 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Troy, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Fullerton at 3:30 p.m. Fullerton's pitching crew has only allowed 1.9 runs per game this season, so Troy's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

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