Softball Recap: Desert Christian Sets Scoring Season-High Against San Miguel

Eagles

Team Score (Highest)

04/01/25 @ San Miguel	31
03/27/25 vs Santa Rita	24
03/05/25 vs San Miguel	18
02/26/25 vs Marana	9
03/03/25 vs Benson	8

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Desert Christian). They blew past the San Miguel Vipers 31-5 on Tuesday. The Eagles haven't had any issues with the Vipers recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.

Desert Christian got a massive performance out of Alexa Yarger, who fired off two home runs, nine RBI, and five runs while going 4-for-5. Those nine RBI gave Yarger a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Cali Smith, who fired off seven RBI, four runs, and two triples while going 5-for-5.

Yarger wasn't the only one working in the hit department: Desert Christian kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 23 hits. That's a new trend for the Eagles: they were averaging 5.4 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 games they've averaged 12.2.

Desert Christian's win bumped their record up to 3-9. As for San Miguel, they are on a 24-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-9.

We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. Desert Christian will challenge rival Benson at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, San Miguel is set to square off against their familiar foe Tombstone at 5:45 p.m. on Friday.