Ralston Valley has gone 8-2 against Chatfield recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Ralston Valley Mustangs are taking a road trip to square off against the Chatfield Chargers at 4:30 p.m.
Ralston Valley lost 14-6 to Columbine on Wednesday. The loss continues a trend for the Mustangs in their matchups with the Rebels: they've now lost four in a row.
Mallory Chavez was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring three runs while going 4-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Rylee Diebold, who went 1-for-4 with three RBI.
Meanwhile, Chatfield got the win against Vista Ridge on Friday by a conclusive 16-3. Considering the Chargers have won eight matches by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Taylor Zercher was a major factor no matter where she played. She struck out six batters over five innings while giving up three earned runs off eight hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in batting average. She was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Kylie Bickford, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Sierra Leyba, who went 2-for-2 with four RBI, two runs, and a double.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Chatfield was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .586. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Ralston Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 4-9. As for Chatfield, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season.
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