The Alamosa Mean Moose's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Pueblo Centennial Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Alamosa is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 14.4 runs per game this season.
Alamosa is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 18 runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against The Academy on Saturday. They fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 2-1. The match marked the Mean Moose's lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Shea Jordan was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: she struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits.
At the plate, Lexany Heredia was cooking despite her team's loss, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with a triple and a run. That triple marked the first that she's hit this season.
Even though they lost, Alamosa didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Pueblo Centennial ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They came out on top against George Washington by a score of 12-7. The high-scoring effort was just what the Bulldogs needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
Having lost for the first time this season, Alamosa fell to 4-1. As for Pueblo Centennial, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
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