Pueblo Centennial has been on the road for three straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They will host the Lewis-Palmer Rangers at 10:00 a.m. Pueblo Centennial is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
Pueblo Centennial lost 15-3 to Cheyenne Mountain on Friday. The Bulldogs have struggled against the Red-Tailed Hawks recently, as their game on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Alexa Pacheco was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-2 with a triple, a run, and a run.
Even though they lost, Pueblo Centennial hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most five strikeouts in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lewis-Palmer). They walked away with a 23-19 win over Air Academy on Wednesday. The victory was some much needed relief for the Rangers as it spelled an end to their four-game losing streak.
Jaelynn Bello was incredible, firing off two home runs, seven RBI, and seven RBI while getting on base in all six of her plate appearances. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in home runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Mady Folph, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5.
Pueblo Centennial's loss dropped their record down to 11-6. As for Lewis-Palmer, their win ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-14.
Lewis-Palmer's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Saturday. Pueblo Centennial has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.6 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Lewis-Palmer, though, as they've been averaging only 2.3. Will Pueblo Centennial keep running through batters, or will Lewis-Palmer buck the trend?
Pueblo Centennial skirted past Lewis-Palmer 2-1 in their previous meeting back in August of 2023. Will Pueblo Centennial repeat their success, or does Lewis-Palmer have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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