Palmer Ridge hasn't had much luck against Lutheran recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Palmer Ridge Bears are taking a road trip to square off against the Lutheran Lions at 4:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Palmer Ridge sitting on five straight wins and Lutheran on six.
On Tuesday, Palmer Ridge made easy work of Discovery Canyon and carried off a 14-4 victory. The Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by ten runs or more this season.
Palmer Ridge got a massive performance out of Kayleigh Garcia, who fired off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-4. That's the most home runs Garcia has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Pam Boyarko, who scored three runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Palmer Ridge always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .531. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Discovery Canyon only posted an OBP of .333.
Meanwhile, everything went Lutheran's way against Arapahoe on Monday as Lutheran made off with an 11-2 win. The result was nothing new for the Lions, who have now won six contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Aleksia Severson was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Kiley Glenn, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI.
Palmer Ridge's victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1-1. As for Lutheran, their record is now 9-1.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Wednesday. Palmer Ridge hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1 home runs per game. However, it's not like Lutheran struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.9. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Palmer Ridge might still be hurting after the 11-5 defeat they got from Lutheran in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Can Palmer Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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