The Palmer Ridge Bears are on the road again on Friday to play the Severance Silver Knights at 12:15 p.m. Both have allowed few runs on average, (Palmer Ridge: 3.7, Severance: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Palmer Ridge will head into Sunday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a two-run loss in their last matchup, but they sure didn't let that happen against Widefield on Sunday. Palmer Ridge put the hurt on Widefield with a sharp 16-4 win. Considering the Bears have won 15 games by more than nine runs this season, Sunday's blowout was nothing new.
Ashlyn Short made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 2.1 innings while giving up just one earned run but no hits. Short was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Savanah Martinez was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Kayleigh Garcia, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Palmer Ridge 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 14 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Severance faced Pueblo Central in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Sunday. Severance came out on top against Pueblo Central by a score of 7-4. The victory was nothing new for the Silver Knights as they're now sitting on five straight.
Aubrey Dare spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and three unearned) runs on eight hits.
On the hitting side, Severance got a massive performance out of Camryn Henneke, who went 2-for-3 with a triple, a stolen base, and two RBI. Henneke is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last five games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Taylor Steenburgen, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Palmer Ridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4-1 record this season. As for Severance, their win bumped their record up to an identical 20-4-1.
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