Willow Canyon stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Apollo Hawks an 18-0 shutout. The victory was nothing new for Willow Canyon as they're now sitting on six straight.
Not much got past Aubrey Kautman, who gave up just one hit and racked up 11 Ks to keep Apollo off the board. Kautman has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Willow Canyon got a massive performance out of Kylie Bearden, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Harmony Andrade, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Willow Canyon's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-7. As for Apollo, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-14.
Willow Canyon will be playing in front of their home fans against Paradise Valley at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Willow Canyon is facing Paradise Valley at the right time seeing as Paradise Valley is stuck on a nine-game losing streak. As for Apollo, they will head out on the road to challenge Greenway at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Greenway has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 6.57 runs per game on average), something Apollo will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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