The Academy Wildcats will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Niwot Cougars at 10:00 a.m. Both have allowed few runs on average, (The Academy: 3.8, Niwot: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
The Academy's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Thursday's struggle, when Strasburg hitters got past them. The Academy lost 17-7 to Strasburg on Thursday. The Wildcats have struggled against the Indians recently, as their matchup on Thursday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Niwot came tearing into Thursday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Trojans 15-3. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by ten runs or more this season.
Niwot let Anna Halverson and Payton Johnson loose on the outfield. Halverson scored four runs and stole three bases while going 4-for-4, while Johnson scored two runs and stole five bases while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Angela Arosemena, who scored three runs and stole four bases while going 2-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Niwot was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .387. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 22.9% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 43.8%.
The defeat snapped The Academy's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 9-3 record. As for Niwot, their record is now 7-3.
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