Holy Family has gone 9-1 against Mead recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Holy Family Tigers will square off against the Mead Mavericks at 4:00 p.m. Holy Family is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.7 runs per game this season.
Holy Family is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Eaton, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Holy Family was ranked tenth). Holy Family skirted past Eaton 4-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
Isabella Arroyo spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on four hits and racked up 17 Ks. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts.
At the plate, Holy Family's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Charlii Carbajal-Sanchez, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Holy Family didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 17 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Mead can finally bid farewell to their three-game losing streak thanks to their game on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 21-2 margin over Legacy. The result was nothing new for the Mavericks, who have now won six matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Maddilyn Bomareto made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she tossed four innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits. Bomareto was also stellar in the batter's box, going 5-for-5 with a home run, seven RBI, and seven RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Adisyn Rademacher, who scored five runs and stole a base while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances. She is trending in the right direction considering she's improved her point production for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Zoe Mowers, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI, a run, and a run.
Holy Family is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season. As for Mead, their record now sits at 9-10.
Mead's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Thursday. Holy Family has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.5 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Mead, though, as they've been averaging only 3.2. Will Holy Family keep running through batters, or will Mead buck the trend?
Everything went Holy Family's way against Mead in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as Holy Family made off with an 11-0 victory. Does Holy Family have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mead turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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