Holy Family is 9-1 against Mead since September of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Holy Family Tigers will face off against the Mead Mavericks at 4:00 p.m. Holy Family is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.7 runs per game this season.
Holy Family is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Eaton, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Holy Family was ranked tenth). Holy Family sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 win over Eaton on Saturday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
Isabella Arroyo spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on four hits and racked up 17 Ks. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts.
At the plate, Holy Family saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Charlii Carbajal-Sanchez, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Holy Family didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 17 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Mead came into Tuesday's contest having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. Everything went their way against Legacy on Tuesday as Mead made off with a 21-2 victory. The result was nothing new for the Mavericks, who have now won six matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Maddilyn Bomareto made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched four innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits. Bomareto was even better at the plate, going 5-for-5 with a home run, seven RBI, and seven RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Adisyn Rademacher, who scored five runs and stole a base while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances. She continues to roll, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Zoe Mowers, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI, a run, and a run.
Holy Family is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season. As for Mead, their record is now 9-10.
Mead's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Thursday. Holy Family has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.5 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Mead, though, as they've been averaging only 3.2. Will Holy Family keep running through batters, or will Mead buck the trend?
Holy Family took their win against Mead when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 11-0. Will Holy Family repeat their success, or does Mead have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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