Overland is on a three-game streak of home losses, Skyview a five-game streak of away losses dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Saturday. The Overland Trailblazers will host the Skyview Wolverines at 10:00 a.m. Overland is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9 runs per game this season.
Overland will head into Thursday's game ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Adams City last Thursday, but the two-run margin was a huge improvement compared to the 14-run loss they were dealt two weeks ago. Overland fell just short of Adams City by a score of 12-10.
Michaela Halton put in work no matter where she played. She struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up four earned (and eight unearned) runs off ten hits. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 5.3 strikeouts per game. She was even better at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts.
In other batting news, Anaiah Patterson made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Kourtnie Batcho, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Overland didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Skyview's offense. They lost 16-0 to Resurrection Christian on Thursday.
Overland now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Skyview, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Overland might still be hurting after the 13-1 loss they got from Skyview in their previous matchup back in September of 2021. Will Overland have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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