The Arvada West Wildcats will venture away from home to face off against the Chatfield Chargers at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Arvada West is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest victory since September 4th on Saturday. They blew past Lakewood 10-4. Considering the Wildcats have won seven contests by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Chatfield faced Columbine in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Chatfield walked away with a 12-9 win over Columbine. Winning may never get old, but the Chargers sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Chatfield got a massive performance out of Ava Burgess, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-4. Burgess is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Charlotte Miller, who scored a run while going 3-for-5.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Chatfield didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Columbine didn't tossed any.
Arvada West is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for Chatfield, they pushed their record up to 14-6 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Arvada West was able to grind out a solid win over Chatfield in their previous matchup back in September, winning 12-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for Arvada West since the squad 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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