The Scripps Ranch Falcons will head out on the road to face off against the Canyon Hills Rattlers at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Scripps Ranch: 3.9, Canyon Hills: 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Scripps Ranch will head into Wednesday's contest out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Wednesday after soaring to a ten-run game in their last game. They fell just short of Christian by a score of 4-2. Scripps Ranch has not had much luck with Christian recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Becca Boskin and Dominique Hernandez stepped up to the plate in a big way. Boskin went 1-for-2 with a home run, while Hernandez went 1-for-2 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Canyon Hills fell victim to Point Loma and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Pointers by a score of 2-0. Canyon Hills has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Scripps Ranch's defeat dropped their record down to 14-10. As for Canyon Hills, their loss dropped their record down to 7-12.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Friday. Scripps Ranch hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.7 home runs per game. However, it's not like Canyon Hills struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Scripps Ranch came up short against Canyon Hills in their previous meeting back in April, falling 9-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Canyon Hills' Natalye Debus, who struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off seven hits. Now that Scripps Ranch 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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