The La Porte Bulldogs will challenge the Angleton Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as La Porte comes in on three and Angleton on eight.
La Porte's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They came out on top against Santa Fe by a score of 5-0.
The result came thanks to Aaliyah Maldonado's shutout, as she gave up just six hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Madison Lopez, who fired off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in home runs. Kennadie Arevalo also deserves some recognition as she scored her first run of the season.
Meanwhile, everything went Angleton's way against Ball on Friday as Angleton made off with a 10-0 win. Considering the Wildcats have won five games by more than seven runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Bella Nava tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out nine over five innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up a single earned run in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Ayleen Cervantes was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing Two bases. while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Lily Calderon, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Angleton was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .444. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Ball only posted a batting average of .062.
Angleton's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-1. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for La Porte, their record now sits at 10-2-1.
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