Fruita Monument has won seven straight games at home, while Palisade has won seven straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Wednesday. The Fruita Monument Wildcats will welcome the Palisade Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Fruita Monument will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Fruita Monument's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Montrose 15-0. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won eight contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Teagan Clements made a big impact no matter where she played. She struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also stellar in the batter's box, firing off two home runs and seven RBI while going 2-for-2.
In other batting news, Lacie Rodabaugh was incredible, going 1-for-1 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Angelina Fortunato, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Fruita Monument lost a few balls and finished the game with three home runs. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 home runs per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 1.
Meanwhile, Palisade came up short against Niwot on Saturday, falling 13-2.
Palisade saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jamyson Mancuso, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Fruita Monument has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Palisade, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-6.
Palisade's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Fruita Monument has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 10.3 hits per game. It's a different story for Palisade, though, as they've been averaging 10.2. Given Fruita Monument's sizable advantage in that area, Palisade will need to find a way to close that gap. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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