Mercy was led to victory by J Villavicencio, who turned in her biggest game of the season on Tuesday. Castilleja had no answer to Villavicencio as she kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Villavicencio has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings every time she's pitched this season.
Villavicencio and Mercy will look to defend their home field on Thursday against King's Academy at 4:00 p.m. Villavicencio has dominated as far as innings are concerned (she's averaged 6 per game this season), but she's got her work cut out for her considering King's Academy has only allowed 4.65 per game this season.
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