The Fort Bragg Timberwolves will be playing in front of their home fans against the Upper Lake Cougars at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Fort Bragg is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season.
Fort Bragg will head into Thursday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 12) but on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Lower Lake 6-4.
Andrea Escobedo spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered four earned runs on five hits and racked up nine Ks.
On the hitting side, Sierra Thompson was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Lemara Hendricks, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
Upper Lake played against St. Helena and lost via forfeit.
Fort Bragg's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-8. As for Upper Lake, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-10.
Fort Bragg might still be hurting after the 8-2 defeat they got from Upper Lake when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Upper Lake's Nya Marcks, who struck out 14 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Now that Fort Bragg 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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