Preview: Thunderbird Titans vs. Shadow Mountain Matadors
The Thunderbird Titans will head out on the road to face off against the Shadow Mountain Matadors at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Thunderbird has four straight victories, Shadow Mountain has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Thunderbird can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent match on Monday. They never let Shadow Mountain onto the board and left with a 16-0 win. Give Thunderbird's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Evan Turner looked comfortable as she didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Brooke Casey was incredible, scoring four runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Delilah Alvidrez, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Thunderbird is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5 record this season. As for Shadow Mountain, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
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