In what's become a running theme this season, Queen Creek gave their fans yet another huge victory on Saturday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions an 8-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but Queen Creek sure is getting used to it with their tenth in a row.
The result came thanks to Jenae Berry's shutout, as she gave up just three hits and racked up 16 Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Cecelia Marquez, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. Makenzi Padilla was another key contributor, going 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Queen Creek has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 23-4 record this season. As for Mountain Ridge, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-13.
Queen Creek will be playing at home against O'Connor at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Queen Creek is on a four-game streak of home wins, O'Connor a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. As for Mountain Ridge, they are on the road again on Tuesday to play Desert Vista at 4:00 p.m. Mountain Ridge is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.9 runs per game this season.
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