Rocky Ford came tearing into Thursday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.5 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Florence Huskies as they made off with a 13-3 win. Considering the Meloneers have won eight games by more than seven runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Leticia Garcia was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up three earned runs off four hits. Garcia was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three RBI.
In other batting news, Anneysiah Camacho and Deja Warman did most of the damage at the plate: Camacho scored two runs while going 4-for-4, while Warman scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance gave Camacho a new career-high in hits. Another player making a difference was Tay'Lor Archuleta, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Rocky Ford always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .516. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Florence only posted an OBP of .318.
Rocky Ford has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5-1 record this season. As for Florence, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 6-3-1 record.
Rocky Ford will host Lamar at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Florence, they are on the road again on Tuesday to play Woodland Park at 3:30 p.m.
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