Vacaville stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Wood Wildcats as the Vacaville Bulldogs made off with a 9-1 victory. The win was familiar territory for Vacaville who now have four in a row.
Xochitl Atayde tossed a big game, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and not a single walk). She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in eight consecutive pitching appearances. Angelique Perez relieved her and did a solid job, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (she also didn't allow any walks).
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Hayden Kyne, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. She is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Ashlyn Wilson, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs.
On Wood's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Shea Ellingson, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
Vacaville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for Wood, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Vacaville will take on Dixon at 10:00 a.m. on Friday. Vacaville is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8 runs per game this season. As for Wood, they will head out on the road to challenge Rio Linda at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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