The San Miguel Vipers will venture away from home to face off against the Benson Bobcats at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. San Miguel is looking for their season's first win.
San Miguel lost 27-4 to Willcox on Monday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Benson). Everything went their way against St. Augustine Catholic on Wednesday as Benson made off with a 19-7 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Bobcats considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Mandy Watson made a splash while hitting and pitching. She tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and six unearned) runs off three hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts (five). She was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base.
In other batting news, Sadie Webb was a standout: she scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. That's the most stolen bases she has posted over her last six games. Another player making a difference was Kaylei Taylor, who went 2-for-3 with five RBI, three runs, and one double.
Benson always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .600. They are 4-1 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.
San Miguel's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Benson, the win was their first at home , bumping their record up to 6-9.
San Miguel suffered a grim 25-1 defeat to Benson when the teams last played back in March of 2018. Can San Miguel avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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