Softball Recap: Eight Straight Road Victories for Mariposa County

Mariposa County proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by 13) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Stone Ridge Christian Knights 4-2. Winning may never get old, but the Grizzlies sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.

Hailey Hatcher spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on five hits.

On the hitting side, Mariposa County let Heely Patterson and Taylor Krull run wild. Patterson went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run, one double, and one RBI, while Krull went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and one run. That's the most stolen bases Krull has posted since back in March.

Grizzlies

Previous Games (Away)

04/18/25 @ Stone Ridge Christian	4-2
04/09/25 @ Delhi	18-1
04/09/25 @ Delhi	10-0
04/07/25 @ Modesto Christian	23-0
03/26/25 @ Waterford	20-2
+ 3 more games

Mariposa County pushed their record up to 17-7 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road. The team dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 12.8 runs. As for Stone Ridge Christian, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-5.

Mariposa County will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Knights: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on the 28th.