It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Truckee ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the South Tahoe Vikings 18-16. Both teams can probably skip cardio this week after making that many trips around the bases.
Truckee got a massive performance out of Jessie Borzello, who went 1-for-5 with three stolen bases, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Maeve Kristian, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her five plate appearances.
On South Tahoe's side, Addie Menke made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and got on base in five of her eight plate appearances with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Joy Mendez, who scored two runs while going 5-for-6.
Even though they lost, South Tahoe was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .468. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Truckee only posted a batting average of .256.
Truckee's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-4. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 21.3 runs per game. As for South Tahoe, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-10.
Truckee will have a chance to go back-to-back against South Tahoe: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 12:30 p.m. in Saturday's first game.
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