The Shadow Mountain Matadors will square off against the Agua Fria Owls at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Shadow Mountain has seven straight victories, Agua Fria has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Shadow Mountain's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Cortez with a sharp 16-0 win. Fans of the Matadors have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 6+ runs.
Casey Evans made a big impact no matter where she played. She struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Those zero hits allowed gave her a new career-low. She was even better at the plate, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, three runs, and four RBI.
Ava Maroulis
| 03/04/25 @ Cortez | 3 |
| 02/27/25 @ North Canyon | 5 |
| 02/26/25 vs Paradise Valley | 3 |
In other batting news, Shadow Mountain got a big performance out of Ava Maroulis, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Maroulis is crushing it when it comes to hits: she's got at least three every time she's taken the field this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Alayna Estrada, who scored three runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Shadow Mountain was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .471. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .308 or higher in eight consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Agua Fria came up short against Nogales on Friday and fell 9-5.
Shadow Mountain's victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Agua Fria, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
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