Thornton won the last time they faced Aurora Central, and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Thornton Trojans put the hurt on the Aurora Central Trojans with a sharp 12-5 victory.
Adrianna Villalpando spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered five runs (all of which were unearned) on four hits and racked up 12 Ks. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Elenna Gray, who scored four runs and stole four bases while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Raea Fisher, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Thornton didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Thornton is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 4-10 record this season. As for Aurora Central, they dropped their record down to 3-10 with the loss, which was their fourth straight at home.
Thornton will have a chance to go back-to-back against Aurora Central: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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