The Desert Scorpions will head out on the road to take on the California City Ravens at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Desert is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 11.2 runs per game this season.
California City will square off against a team with plenty of momentum: Desert extended their winning streak to three on Monday. Everything went the Scorpions' way against Frazier Mountain as they made off with a 25-8 victory. The Scorpions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matchups by eight runs or more this season.
Alayna Phillips made a splash no matter where she played. She struck out 12 batters over five innings while giving up five earned (and three unearned) runs off only two hits. That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in March. She was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in all five of her plate appearances with four stolen bases, five runs, and seven RBI.
Rachel Hewes
| 04/28/25 @ Frazier Mountain | 2 |
| 04/17/25 vs Silver Valley | 9 |
| 04/15/25 vs Boron | 2 |
| 04/11/25 vs Rosamond | 2 |
| 04/04/25 @ Bishop Union | 1 |
| + 8 more games |
In other batting news, Rachel Hewes was incredible, getting on base in four of her five plate appearances with two stolen bases, three runs, and four RBI. She has been hot for a while, having posted at least one stolen base the last 13 times she's played. Caroline Kesler was another key player, going 1-for-4 with four RBI, one stolen base, and one run.
Desert always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .619. They are a perfect 7-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.
Meanwhile, California City didn't have quite enough to beat Rosamond on Friday and fell 20-19. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (15), the Ravens still had to take the loss.
Desert's record is now 12-6. As for California City, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 7-1 and their overall record down to 11-9.
Desert suffered a grim 9-1 defeat to California City in their previous matchup back in March. Can the Scorpions avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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