Eaglecrest put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against the Vista PEAK Prep Bison as the Eaglecrest Raptors made off with a 16-3 victory. Fans of the Raptors have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 6+ run.
Alyssa Vallejos and Briahna Gallegos were a major factor no matter where they played. On the mound, Vallejos pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Gallegos struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up three earned runs off four hits. At the plate, Vallejos went 1-for-1 with a home run, while Gallegos scored a run while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Callie Johnson was a standout: she went 2-for-5 with a home run, three runs, and four RBI. That home run marked the first that she's launched this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Sybella Trevino, who went 3-for-5 with a home run, three runs, and two RBI.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Eaglecrest was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Vista PEAK Prep only posted a batting average of .182.
Eaglecrest pushed their record up to 5-0 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Vista PEAK Prep, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-2.
Eaglecrest will head out to square off against Heritage at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Eaglecrest knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with ten run or more in their past five matchups -- so hopefully Heritage likes a good challenge. As for Vista PEAK Prep, they will challenge Denver East at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Vista PEAK Prep is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.6 runs per game this season.
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