Hanford proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by 11) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They won by a run and slipped past the Mission Oak Hawks 5-4. This was a revenge game for the Bullpups: when they faced off against the Hawks back in April, they had to take a 6-5 defeat.
Kayleigh Roberts spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and three unearned) runs on 14 hits.
Mallory Castillo
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At the plate, the team relied heavily on Mallory Castillo, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two doubles, and one run. Those two doubles gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jenna Douthat, who went 1-for-3 with one home run.
Hanford has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a massive bump to their 9-16 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.5 runs over those games. As for Mission Oak, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-18-1.
Hanford has already played their next matchup, an 11-7 loss against Lemoore on the 12th. As for Mission Oak, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, an 8-7 defeat against Fowler on the 11th.
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