The West Panthers will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Brighton Bengals at 3:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Thursday, West narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past East 13-11. The win made it back-to-back victories for West.
Jayda Spight and Angelys Tapusoa did most of the damage at the plate: Spight went 3-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles, while Tapusoa went 1-for-4 with three stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI. Janayah Young was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but Brighton had to settle for a 13-11 defeat against Alta on Tuesday. Even though they lost, Brighton's still made a splash at the plate and bumped their average scoring up to 6.4 runs per game (they're now ranked -1th in scoring overall).
Audrey Fleckenstein made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 3-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Olivia Issowits, who scored two runs while going 1-for-4.
West has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. As for Brighton, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last seven matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-12 record this season.
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