After three games on the road, King is heading back home. They will take on the Calallen Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. King hasn't scored more than one runs for five games straight, a trend the squad is eager to reverse.
King fell victim to Tuloso-Midway and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They suffered a tough 15-0 loss at the hands of the Warriors & Cherokees. That's two games in a row now that King has lost by exactly 15 runs.
Meanwhile, Calallen came tearing into Friday's matchup with 18 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.7 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Warriors & Cherokees onto the board and left with a 15-0 win. The result was nothing new for Calallen, who have now won 17 contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Calallen let Brookelynn Meador and Alaunah Almaraz loose on the outfield. Meador went 4-for-4 with five RBI, two runs, and two doubles, while Almaraz went 3-for-3 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Megan Geyer, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs.
King's defeat dropped their record down to 1-14. As for Calallen, they pushed their record up to 23-2 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
King might still be hurting after the 19-0 loss they got from Calallen in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Calallen's Bianca Gonzales, who struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). Now that King knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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