The Adams City Eagles are taking a road trip to challenge the Aurora Central Trojans on Tuesday. The two teams are out to turn their luck around after having lost tight contests in their previous games.
Things were looking good for Adams City after they put the first points on the board on Friday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Arvada by a score of 5-3.
Meanwhile, Aurora Central fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Thornton on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Trojans by a score of 11-9. The defeat continues a trend for Aurora Central in their matchups with Thornton: they've now lost eight in a row.
Aminah Leon and Darleen Valanzuela did some serious damage despite the final result: Leon scored two runs while going 2-for-5, while Valanzuela went 2-for-5 with a triple, a stolen base, and a stolen base. What's more, Leon also racked up no strikeouts, the fewestshe's had since back in October of 2023. Another player making a difference was Esmeralda Flores, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her five plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Aurora Central didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 strikeouts per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 10.4.
Adams City now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Aurora Central, their loss dropped their record down to 3-11.
Adams City took their victory against Aurora Central in their previous matchup on September 12th by a conclusive 16-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Adams City since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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