The Desert Oasis Diamondbacks will challenge the Sierra Vista Mountain Lions at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Desert Oasis sitting on four straight victories and Sierra Vista on six.
Desert Oasis is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They blew past Basic 8-2. Considering Desert Oasis has won 11 matches by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Sierra Vista faced Rancho in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Sierra Vista came out on top in a nail-biter against Rancho and snuck past 2-1.
Rancho's batters probably weren't too happy with Reagan Foglia, who pitched a no hitter and racked up 16 Ks (she gave up three walks). Foglia has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in ten consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Sierra Vista's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Kamryn Castillo, who went 2-for-3 with a triple and a run.
Desert Oasis is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season. As for Sierra Vista, their victory bumped their record up to 17-10.
Everything went Desert Oasis' way against Sierra Vista in their previous meeting back in March as Desert Oasis made off with a 10-4 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Foglia, who tossed five innings while giving up just two earned (and five unearned) runs off seven hits. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Desert Oasis still be able to contain Foglia? There's only one way to find out.
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