With a playoff game on the line, Clovis North rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They beat the Buchanan Bears by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 7-3. Winning may never get old, but Clovis North sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Jocelynn Gonzalez made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off seven hits. Gonzalez has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. Gonzalez was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, Emma Blea was incredible, going 1-for-3 with a home run and four RBI. Another player making a difference was Jaelyn Clark, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
On Buchanan's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Grace Dias, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Clovis North has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season. As for Buchanan, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 21-7-1.
Clovis North will face off against Central at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Central: 2.6, Clovis North: 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned. Buchanan does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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