The Knight Hawks will face off against the Lancaster Eagles at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Knight was handed a 14-run loss in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out Eastside 9-8.
Meanwhile, Lancaster had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They never let the Antelopes get on the board and left with a 12-0 victory. Considering the Eagles have won seven contests by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Cassandra Velasquez made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Velasquez was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with three RBI. Those three RBI gave her a new career-high.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jordyn Zinn, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 2.1 runs per game. Ashlee Laxamana was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Lancaster was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .400 or higher in three consecutive matchups.
Lancaster's win bumped their record up to 9-4. As for Knight, their victory bumped their record up to 7-5.
Knight skirted past Lancaster 11-10 when the teams last played two weeks ago. Do the Hawks have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Eagles turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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