After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Rock Canyon, Castle View was happy to have turned things around on Monday. They put the hurt on the Heritage Eagles with a sharp 16-6 victory. The result was nothing new for the Sabercats, who have now won five contests by ten runs or more so far this season.
Castle View got a great performance from Elle Danielson as she didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Castle View let Preslee Dunbar and Sienna Simmons loose on the outfield. Dunbar scored two runs while going 5-for-6, while Simmons scored three runs while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave Dunbar a new career-high in hits. Another player making a difference was Jaymee Vesque, who scored a run while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Castle View always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .543. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a OBP of .500 or higher in five consecutive games.
Castle View is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-7 record this season. As for Heritage, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-8.
Castle View will square off against Fruita Monument at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Heritage, they will welcome ThunderRidge at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Heritage is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.
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