Softball Game Preview: Shadow Ridge Stallions vs. Cesar Chavez Champions

By Team Reports Apr 14, 2024, 6:18pm

Softball Preview: Shadow Ridge Stallions vs. Cesar Chavez Champions

Shadow Ridge is 3-0 against Cesar Chavez since April of 2023, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Shadow Ridge Stallions will head out on the road to take on the Cesar Chavez Champions at 3:45 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Shadow Ridge has eight straight wins, Cesar Chavez has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Shadow Ridge can now show off 12 landslide victories after their most recent contest on Thursday. Everything went their way against Cesar Chavez as Shadow Ridge made off with a 15-0 victory.

Jadyn Scott made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over 4.1 innings pitched. Scott was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.

In other batting news, J'kai'a Graves and Kylie Dowden did most of the damage at the plate: Graves scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Dowden went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple. Graves has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Destiny Johnston, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.

Shadow Ridge's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-4-1. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 16.2 runs per game. As for Cesar Chavez, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-14.

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