The Hilmar Yellowjackets will square off against the Colfax Falcons at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Hilmar is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Summerville 8-7.
Colfax let Amador stack five runs on them in the seventh inning on Wednesday but luckily Colfax prevailed anyway. The Falcons sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 victory over the Buffaloes.
The team relied heavily on Mina Zanoni, who went 3-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and two doubles. Lilly Stofleth also deserves some recognition as she hit her first triple of the season.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact: Colfax kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 14 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least nine hits in four consecutive matches.
Colfax's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-10. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.0 runs over those games. As for Hilmar, the win got them back to even at 11-11.
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