The Horizon Honors Eagles will be playing at home against the Santa Cruz Valley Dust Devils at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Horizon Honors will be looking to keep their nine-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Even though Benson scored an imposing ten runs on Wednesday, Horizon Honors still came out on top. Horizon Honors sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with an 11-10 victory over Benson.
Audriana Anglada spent all seven innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered six earned (and four unearned) runs on nine hits and racked up 13 Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Alexa Villaverde was incredible, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Danica Guttierrez, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Santa Cruz Valley stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They blew past Chandler Prep 16-1. The win was nothing new for Santa Cruz Valley as they're now sitting on three straight.
Santa Cruz Valley got a massive performance out of Emilee Brown, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3. LaRya Bowen was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-1.
Horizon Honors' victory bumped their record up to 18-2. As for Santa Cruz Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. Horizon Honors hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1 home runs per game. However, it's not like Santa Cruz Valley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Horizon Honors took their win against Santa Cruz Valley in their previous matchup back in March by a conclusive 11-1. Does Horizon Honors have another victory up their sleeve, or will Santa Cruz Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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