The Tanque Verde Hawks will venture away from home to take on the Safford Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Tanque Verde's pitching crew has only allowed 2.3 runs per game this season, so Safford's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Tanque Verde is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Sabino just ended the team's 11-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Sabercats by a score of 1-0. Considering the last time the Hawks couldn't score was back in February, the team can't take the result too hard.
Tanque Verde saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Emily Ryan, who went 1-for-2 with one double.
Meanwhile, while Safford put up plenty of runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for Catalina. The Bulldogs blew past the Trojans 16-0. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight contests by six runs or more this season.
The team relied heavily on Marley Jurado, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with three runs, three RBI, and one triple. Another player making a difference was Trynity Dominguez, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one home run.
Safford was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .727. The last time their batting average was this high was back in April of 2024.
The win made it two in a row for Safford and bumps their season record up to 11-10. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 15.0 runs over those games. As for Tanque Verde, their loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 21-5.
Everything went Tanque Verde's way against Safford in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as Tanque Verde made off with an 11-4 win. Will the Hawks repeat their success, or do the Bulldogs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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