Cedar Park Christian entered their tilt with Granite Falls with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. Everything went their way against the Granite Falls Tigers on Thursday as they made off with a 13-3 victory. Cedar Park Christian might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won six contests by six runs or more this season.
Shelby Southard made a splash while hitting and pitching. She struck out 15 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit. Southard was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with three runs, a triple, and a double.
In other batting news, Adelaide Foster was incredible, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and a stolen base. Jana Alharbi was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4.
Cedar Park Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Granite Falls, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-5.
Cedar Park Christian will head out on the road to square off against Sultan at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Cedar Park Christian knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with flashy run totals in its past three matchups -- so hopefully Sultan likes a good challenge. As for Granite Falls, they will be playing at home against Coupeville at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Granite Falls is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 12 runs per game this season.
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