The Canyon Hills Rattlers will be playing at home against the Christian Patriots at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Canyon Hills: 3.9, Christian: 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Canyon Hills will bounce into Monday's matchup after beating University City, who they hadn't topped in three consecutive meetings. Canyon Hills never let University City onto the board and left with a 4-0 win on Wednesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Canyon Hills.
Natalye Debus made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Debus has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Debus was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI.
Debus wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Kassidy Ramirez, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Christian put the finishing touches on their 12th blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They blew past Point Loma 8-2.
Christian also got a great performance from Ava Barrios as she tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits.
On the hitting side, Lucy Sherburne was a standout: she went 2-for-3 with a home run, two stolen bases, and three RBI. Kaitlyn Moody was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Canyon Hills' victory bumped their record up to 7-10. As for Christian, their win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-5-1.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Monday. Canyon Hills hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like Christian 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.
Canyon Hills came up short against Christian in their previous meeting on April 10th, falling 5-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Barrios, who struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits. Now that Canyon Hills knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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