Softball Preview: Cienega Bobcats vs. Cholla Chargers
The Cienega Bobcats will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Cholla Chargers at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Cienega has four straight victories, Cholla has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Wednesday, Cienega faced Tucson High Magnet School in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Cienega skirted past Tucson High Magnet School 3-2. That's two games straight that Cienega has won by just one run.
Maya Fimbres tossed a big game, striking out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits (and only one walk). She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up a single walk in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Cienega saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alli Mullen, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Micaela Valenzuela, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Cholla lost a close one when they played on Saturday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on on Tuesday was a bit more commanding. They fell victim to a tough 20-1 loss at the hands of Buena.
Cienega is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. As for Cholla, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-10.
Cienega took their win against Cholla when the teams last played back in March of 2023 by a conclusive 17-2. Will Cienega repeat their success, or does Cholla have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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