After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Weld Central, Sterling was happy to have turned things around on Tuesday. They skirted past the Resurrection Christian Cougars 13-12. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Tigers considering their two-run performance the game before.
Makenzie Beck was a standout: she went 3-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Kenadie Buchtel, who scored two runs while going 3-for-5.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Sterling was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .471. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 32.5%.
Sterling's victory bumped their record up to 6-7-2. As for Resurrection Christian, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-5.
Sterling will challenge Strasburg at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Strasburg will roll in looking for their fifth straight win, something Sterling surely won't give up without a fight. As for Resurrection Christian, they will welcome Valley at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Resurrection Christian is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.7 runs per game this season.
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