The Sahuarita Mustangs will head out on the road to square off against the Salpointe Catholic Lancers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
If Sahuarita beats Salpointe Catholic with 12 runs on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. The Mustangs never let Cholla get on the board and left with a 12-0 victory on Thursday. The win was familiar territory for the Mustangs, who have now won three contests in a row.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Salpointe Catholic). They blew past Sahuaro 19-1 on Wednesday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Lancers considering their one-run performance the game before.
Audri Elias looked comfortable as she pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Kenzi Daley was a standout: she scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Iza Palomerez, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Salpointe Catholic always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .649. The last time their OBP was this high was back in April of 2024.
Sahuarita's victory was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 19-3. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Salpointe Catholic, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-4-1 record this season.
Sahuarita suffered a grim 10-4 defeat to Salpointe Catholic when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can the Mustangs avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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