The Sunset Apollos will square off against the Southridge Skyhawks at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Sunset is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.7 runs per game this season.
If Sunset beats Southridge with ten runs on Monday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. The Apollos blew past Aloha 10-4 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Apollos.
Gianna Micciche
| 04/18/25 @ Aloha | 3 |
| 04/04/25 vs Silverton | 2 |
| 04/02/25 @ Lakeridge | 2 |
| 03/24/25 vs Cleveland | 2 |
| 05/01/24 vs Beaverton | 2 |
Sunset let Gianna Micciche and Jordan Pe?a run wild. Micciche went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI, and one run, while Pe?a went 1-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Those three hits gave Micciche a new career-high. Claire Hattendorf was another key player, going a perfect 1-for-1 with two RBI, one run, and one double.
Sunset was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .457. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Aloha only posted a batting average of .300.
Meanwhile, Southridge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost a 2-1 heartbreaker at the hands of Beaverton. That's two games in a row now that the Skyhawks have lost by just one run.
Sunset pushed their record up to 13-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.4 runs over those games. As for Southridge, their loss dropped their record down to 7-6.
Sunset took their victory against Southridge when the teams last played back in May of 2024 by a conclusive 12-0 score. Do the Apollos have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Skyhawks turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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