Las Vegas is on a four-game streak of home losses (dating back to last season), Chaparral a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change. The Las Vegas Wildcats will take on the Chaparral Cowboys at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Las Vegas' hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Southeast Career Tech on Tuesday. They lost 10-0 to the Roadrunners.
Meanwhile, Chaparral didn't have quite enough to beat Mojave on Tuesday and fell 4-2.
Taimane Laolagi-Aloy put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up four earned runs off seven hits. Laolagi-Aloy has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Laolagi-Aloy was even better at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a home run and two stolen bases.
In other batting news, Angelina Carrillo was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while going 2-for-4.
Las Vegas' loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Chaparral, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-11.
Las Vegas couldn't quite finish off Chaparral in their previous meeting on April 10th and fell 13-11. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Laolagi-Aloy, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs, and four RBI. Now that Las Vegas knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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