With a playoff game on the line, Mountain Ridge rose to the challenge on Friday. They came out on top against the Westlake Thunder by a score of 5-1. Five seems to be a good number for Mountain Ridge as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Adison (Red) Brooks spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on eight hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Avery Rawlins, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Tatyana Toala, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
On Westlake's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Addison Conder, who went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
The win (which was Mountain Ridge's third in a row) raised their record to 14-9. As for Westlake, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 14-14.
Mountain Ridge is on the road again on Tuesday to play Riverton at 3:00 p.m. Riverton is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.8 runs per game this season. Westlake does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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