The Glacier Wolfpack will be playing in front of their home fans against the Capital Bruins at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Glacier is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last nine games.
In what's become a running theme this season, Glacier gave their fans yet another huge win on Thursday. They blew past Sentinel 19-3.
Ella Farrell was a major factor no matter where she played. She struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up three earned runs off only two hits. Farrell was also big at the plate, going 2-for-5 with two RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Kenadie Goudette was a standout: she went 4-for-5 with a home run, three runs, and two RBI. Emma Cooke was another key contributor, going 3-for-4 with three RBI, a triple, and a run.
Meanwhile, Capital faced Billings West in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Capital lost 13-2 to Billings West. Having soared to a lofty 16 runs in the game before, Capital couldn't push the score so high this time.
Anna Cockhill was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-2.
Glacier pushed their record up to 13-2 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Capital, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-3.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Saturday. Glacier hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 2 home runs per game. However, it's not like Capital struggles in that department as they've been averaging 1.1. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Glacier came up short against Capital in their previous meeting back in April, falling 9-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Capital's Kathryn Emmert, who struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). Now that Glacier knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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