The Ponderosa Mustangs will venture away from home to take on the ThunderRidge Grizzlies at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Ponderosa is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season.
Ponderosa's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Regis Jesuit 10-0. Considering the Mustangs have won seven contests by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Not much got past Annabelle Horan, who gave up just two hits and racked up ten Ks to keep Regis Jesuit off the board. The dominant performance gave Horan a new career-high in strikeouts.
At the plate, Makayla Odette and Campbell Trombley did most of the damage at the plate: Odette went 1-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI, while Trombley scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Addyson Prilipp was another key player, going 3-for-3 with two RBI.
Ponderosa always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .576. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Regis Jesuit only posted an OBP of .200.
Meanwhile, ThunderRidge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell 10-7 to Castle View.
Abigail Gooden was cooking despite her team's loss, going 3-for-4 with four RBI, a triple, and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Rowan Daufeldt, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Ponderosa's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-4. As for ThunderRidge, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-8.
ThunderRidge's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Friday. Ponderosa has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.2 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for ThunderRidge, though, as they've been averaging only 2.6. Will Ponderosa keep running through batters, or will ThunderRidge buck the trend?
Ponderosa might still be hurting after the 8-2 loss they got from ThunderRidge when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Ponderosa avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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