The Sand Creek Scorpions will stay at home for another game and welcome the Pueblo South Colts at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Sand Creek's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 24-0 margin over Mitchell.
Jaida Moody made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). Those six strikeouts gave her a new career-high. She was also big at the plate, scoring four runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Kayla Dempsey was incredible, scoring four runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3. Karalea Evenson was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Sand Creek kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 4.8 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 10.6.
Meanwhile, Pueblo South posted their biggest win since August 23rd on Saturday. They blew past La Junta 13-6. With that victory, the Colts brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Cotalena Duran was incredible, getting on base in four of her five plate appearances with two stolen bases, three runs, and four RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Gracie Gonzalez, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Sand Creek's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-15. As for Pueblo South, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-14 record this season.
Pueblo South's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Saturday. Sand Creek has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Pueblo South, though, as they've been averaging only 3.4. Will Sand Creek keep running through batters, or will Pueblo South buck the trend?
Sand Creek suffered a grim 16-1 defeat to Pueblo South in their previous matchup back in August of 2015. Will Sand Creek have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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